Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will pick up Java syntax quickly.

The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.

In this final article in the Creating DSLs in Java series, Venkat Subramaniam lets you see for yourself why JVM-compatible languages such as Scala, Groovy, and JRuby are better suited to creating ...