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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:21:13 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] introduce Python as build-time and run-time dependency
 for Hadoop and throughout Hadoop stack
From: Steve Loughran <stevel@hortonworks.com>
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On 21 November 2012 23:58, Radim Kolar <hsn@filez.com> wrote:

>
> Scripting via maven plugin has advantage that user do not needs to install
> anything, there is couple of languages available: scala, groovy, jelly,
> jruby. Maybe jython too.
>

the JSR-233 bridge comes with a javascript interpreter built in, BTW. You
can actually use it in ant's <script> and <scriptdef> tasks without even
having to stick a new Jar on the CP. That doesn't mean it's ideal.

There was recent discussion on bigtop dev about moving to a later version
of groovy; Roman found they ran into some problem where the maven groovy
code was reluctant to upgrade:

http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/groovy-maven-td4382545.html#a4382976

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