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jactl advent advent code advent code day code code day day language jactl programming jactl programming language programming programming language Latest posts Introducing camel-jactl, an Apache Camel language module for Jactl, with JMH benchmarks comparing Jactl against Groovy and Camel's Simple language for predicates, expressions, transformations, and full routes.
Jul 21, 2026 A comprehensive JMH benchmark comparison of Jactl, Groovy, Apache Commons JEXL, MVEL, and Spring Expression Language (SpEL) across arithmetic, string handling, collection processing, regex, recursion, closures, and compilation speed.
Jul 14, 2026 Jactl 2.9.0 release with performance improvements and bug fixes
Jul 13, 2026 Jactl 2.8.0 release with new for-in loops and improvements to compilation speed (300K lines/s)
May 19, 2026
An honest comparison of Groovy and Jactl for evaluating embedded JVM scripting languages.
Mar 16, 2026 Jactl 2.4.0 release with new date/time classes and the ability to extend the language with new built-in types.
Mar 1, 2026 Jactl 2.3.0 release with enhancements and bug fixes for the JVM scripting language.
Jul 25, 2025 Jactl 2.1.0 release with enhancements and bug fixes for the JVM scripting language.
Dec 4, 2024 Jactl 2.0.0 release with major enhancements including new language features and performance improvements.
Jan 10, 2024 How to use Jactl switch expressions for pattern matching with destructuring, regex matching, and binding variables.
Dec 21, 2023 Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 9 (Mirage Maintenance) using the Jactl programming language.
Dec 9, 2023 Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 8 (Haunted Wasteland) using the Jactl programming language.
Dec 9, 2023 Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 5 (If You Give A Seed A Fertilizer) using the Jactl programming language.
Dec 7, 2023 Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 6 (Wait For It) using the Jactl programming language.
Dec 7, 2023 Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 7 (Camel Cards) using the Jactl programming language.
Dec 7, 2023 Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 4 (Scratchcards) using the Jactl programming language.
Dec 7, 2023
Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 3 (Gear Ratios) using the Jactl programming language.
Dec 7, 2023 Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 2 (Cube Conundrum) using the Jactl programming language.
Dec 2, 2023 Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 1 (Trebuchet?!) using the Jactl programming language.
Dec 2, 2023 Proof of concept demonstrating 20,000 payments per second with Jactl checkpoint replication for high availability.
Nov 10, 2023
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