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why so many language for JVM ?

 
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I was just wondering why there are so many languages which runs on JVM like scala , groovy, JRuby, Jython to name a few , i just wanted to know, what this language offers to programmers, which Java itself fails to offer ?
And what factors people see before they go on to make new programming language ?
 
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If you can parse and compile your code into Java bytecode, you can use an established platform, which is available on the majority of computers worldwide, has a reputation for reliability and speed, and … how much more do you want?
 
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hi , thanks for reply i wanted to know why people invented or created languages like jython , scala , jruby what special things this language offers that our Java fails to offer ? what domain they target ?
 
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naved momin wrote: what domain they target ?



Perhaps you could read some of those languages' introductory documentation. I'm certain there will be information there laying out the benefits and uses of the respective languages.
 
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Or read the Wikipedia articles about each of them. Asking such general questions here could be considered a bit lazy.
 
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