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Groovy vs Objective-C: What are the differences?
Developers describe Groovy as "A dynamic language for the Java platform". Groovy builds upon the strengths of Java but has additional power features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk. It makes modern programming features available to Java developers with almost-zero learning curve. On the other hand, Objective-C is detailed as "The primary programming language you use when writing software for OS X and iOS". Objective-C is a superset of the C programming language and provides object-oriented capabilities and a dynamic runtime. Objective-C inherits the syntax, primitive types, and flow control statements of C and adds syntax for defining classes and methods. It also adds language-level support for object graph management and object literals while providing dynamic typing and binding, deferring many responsibilities until runtime.
Groovy and Objective-C can be primarily classified as "Languages" tools.
"Java platform" is the primary reason why developers consider Groovy over the competitors, whereas "Ios" was stated as the key factor in picking Objective-C.
Groovy is an open source tool with 1.49K GitHub stars and 414 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Groovy's open source repository on GitHub.
Uber Technologies, Instagram, and Pinterest are some of the popular companies that use Objective-C, whereas Groovy is used by Starbucks, Cask, and PedidosYa. Objective-C has a broader approval, being mentioned in 851 company stacks & 363 developers stacks; compared to Groovy, which is listed in 79 company stacks and 73 developer stacks.
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Pros of Groovy
- Java platform44
- Much more productive than java33
- Concise and readable29
- Very little code needed for complex tasks28
- Dynamic language22
- Nice dynamic syntax for the jvm13
- Very fast9
- Can work with JSON as an object7
- Easy to setup7
- Supports closures (lambdas)6
- Literal Collections6
- Syntactic sugar3
- Optional static typing3
- Developer Friendly2
Pros of Objective-C
- Ios212
- Xcode115
- Backed by apple62
- Osx47
- Interface builder40
- Good old fashioned ooe with a modern twist10
- Goober, please2
- Object-oriented1
- Handles well null values (no NullPointerExceptions)1
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Cons of Groovy
- Groovy Code can be slower than Java Code3
- Absurd syntax1
- Objects cause stateful/heap mess1
Cons of Objective-C
- UNREADABLE1
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