What is the performance of Groovy 2.0 with static compilation

Question

I see that the recent release of Groovy 2.0 includes optional static compilation along with several other added benefits, like optional static type checking. After doing a b

Answer 1

I believe java runs those tests in around 550ms

I did some performance comparison with Java. For "static ternary" and "static if" performance of Groovy with @CompileStatic is somewhat the same as with Java. For "instance ternary" and "instance if" it's almost a factor of 2. See my blog post.