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Introduction to JVM Languages

You're reading from   Introduction to JVM Languages Get familiar with the world of Java, Scala, Clojure, Kotlin, and Groovy

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787127944
Length 450 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vincent van der Leun Vincent van der Leun
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Preface 1. Java Virtual Machine FREE CHAPTER 2. Developing on the Java Virtual Machine 3. Java 4. Java Programming 5. Scala 6. Scala Programming 7. Clojure 8. Clojure Programming 9. Kotlin 10. Kotlin Programming 11. Groovy 12. Groovy Programming 13. Other JVM languages 14. Quiz Answers

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  1. Groovy is largely compatible with the Java language. Does this mean that Groovy compiles compatible Java code in exactly the same way as the Java compiler, without any side effects?

a) Yes, the Java compiler and Groovy compiler produce exactly the same Java bytecode. The resulting class will always behave exactly the same.

b) No, Java and Groovy are not compatible at the syntax level at all.

c) No, Groovy crashes when encountering Java's primitive data types.

d) No, Groovy is mostly compatible with the Java language syntax, but due to different design choices by the Groovy team, the class may not behave exactly the same as the same class that was compiled by a Java compiler.

  1. What will be the content of the msg1 variable?
        def name1 = 'reader'
def msg1 = "hello, $name1"

a) "hello, reader"

b) "hello, $name"

c)...

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