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-A scripting interface for the Java Debugger Interface (JDI).
+A scripting frontend for the Java Debugger Interface (JDI).
+
+An example of a real-world use case is available in a post
+[introducing jdiscript](http://jasonfager.com/888-introducing-jdiscript/), which finds thread
+contention in the [Cassandra](http://cassandra.apache.org/) write path.  At this point Cassandra
+itself has moved on, but the jdiscript stuff is still correct.
 
 Right now, jdiscript provides:
 
 - An event-loop/dispatcher that allows you to specify handlers to respond to
   events from particular EventRequests.
 
-- A set of interfaces and a dynamic proxy for chaining Request configuration
-  method calls.
-
 - A set of single-method handler interfaces that are easy to implement as
-  closures in several of the higher-level languages.
+  closures in other languages available on the jvm.
 
 - Utility classes for launching a new VM and handling its process input and
   output, or attaching to an existing VM.
 
-- A top-level script object that allows transparent use of jdiscript features
-  and easy access to frequently used operations.
-
+- A top-level script object that allows easy access to frequently used operations.
 
-jdiscript is intended to be used by whichever higher-level JVM language you
-prefer, and is itself pure Java, with no dependencies outside of jdk6.  Some
-sample Groovy scripts are provided to get you started, but there's no reason
-you couldn't use JRuby, Clojure, Scala, etc.  If you run into problems with
+jdiscript is pure Java, with no dependencies outside of jdk6/7.  Some
+sample scripts in other languages are provided to get you started, including
+Groovy, JRuby, Clojure, and Scala.  If you run into problems with
 your language of choice, or you have ideas for how a common idiom in your
 language could be better supported by the underlying Java implementation,
 please let me know.
 
-I'd also love to start collecting generally useful scripts into one place, and
+I'd also like to start collecting generally useful scripts into one place, and
 creating a comprehensive debugging catalogue that anyone can dip into to help
 troubleshoot their code more efficiently.  If you have one you'd like to share,
-drop it into a gist and link to it from the [wiki page](http://wiki.github.com/jfager/jdiscript/useful-jdiscripts).
-
-If you'd like to discuss jdiscript, a [mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/jdiscript) is up over at Google groups.  All feedback welcome and requested.
-
+drop it into a gist and I will link to it from the
+[wiki page](http://wiki.github.com/jfager/jdiscript/useful-jdiscripts).