Groovy 1.8: Upgrade Complete

Scand Java team upgraded to Groovy 1.8 once the release was announced on April 27, 2011.

Increased productivity and speed, enhanced runtime performance, improved functional programming style and syntax and less errors – these are just some of the advantages we appreciated since we have transferred to the the new release. We also enjoy the possibility to write a much wider range of DSLs, the ability to use closures as annotation parameters, command chain and other performant features.