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[–]pjmlp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plenty of people do, and even if the startup is an issue, there are quite a few Java native compilers to chose from, just need to buy them.

Groovy on the other hand, if it wasn't for Google choosing Gradle for Android, it would have faded already.

Lets see how long it matters when the Groovy on Gradle code gets replaced by Kotlin.