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Which scripting language performs best?


mblahay
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Is there a particular scripting language that performs better; Groovy, Jython, Javascript?

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JavaScript is the one to use. Note that it runs via the Nashorn engine, so it won’t have the most recent JavaScript features. However, it has a few extensions including the “for each … in” syntax: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Nashorn/Nashorn+extensions

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@mblahay

 

I misspoke, Javascript would perform the best. 


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JavaScript is the one to use. Note that it runs via the Nashorn engine, so it won’t have the most recent JavaScript features. However, it has a few extensions including the “for each … in” syntax: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Nashorn/Nashorn+extensions


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