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Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 10:22:51 +0100
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Subject: Separating the Groovy compiler and runtime?
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Hello!

I am trying to understand the Groovy language, and something keeps bugging
me. I thought I'd ask a question to maybe help my investigation along.

I was surprised to see that the "lightest" distribution of Groovy still
contains an embedded version of antlr, asm (I suppose it's embedded to
ensure these classes are not overridden).
I can see that this is necessary to be able to compile and add Groovy code
to the JVM at runtime.
My question is: Is it possible to separate the compiler from the other
classes which are responsible for running the compiled Groovy code?
In my hypothetical scenario there would be a groovy-runtime jar, and a
groovy-compiler jar, and only if my application needed dynamic compilation
of Groovy scripts would I include the groovy-compiler. The groovy-runtime
would be sufficient to run already compiled Groovy programs.
I'm guessing the runtime system must have some inherent dependency on the
compiler that I have not figured out yet.

Thank you very much for your help
Marton

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hello!<div><br></div><div>I am trying to understand the Gr=
oovy language, and something keeps bugging me. I thought I&#39;d ask a ques=
tion to maybe help my investigation along.</div><div><br></div><div>I was s=
urprised to see that the &quot;lightest&quot; distribution of Groovy still =
contains an embedded version of antlr, asm (I suppose it&#39;s embedded to =
ensure these classes are not overridden).=C2=A0</div><div>I can see that th=
is is necessary to be able to compile and add Groovy code to the JVM at run=
time.</div><div>My question is: Is it possible to separate the compiler fro=
m the other classes which are responsible for running the compiled Groovy c=
ode?</div><div>In my hypothetical scenario there would be a groovy-runtime =
jar, and a groovy-compiler jar, and only if my application needed dynamic c=
ompilation of Groovy scripts would I include the groovy-compiler. The groov=
y-runtime would be sufficient to run already compiled Groovy programs.</div=
><div>I&#39;m guessing the runtime system must have some inherent dependenc=
y on the compiler that I have not figured out yet.</div><div><br></div><div=
>Thank you very much for your help</div><div>Marton</div></div>

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