This document discusses how Groovy powers Gradle's domain-specific language (DSL). It outlines Groovy's features like optional syntax, closures, and Java integration. It then shows how Gradle uses Groovy to define its DSL, with examples like applying plugins and defining tasks. Finally, it mentions that AST transformations allow customizing Groovy's compilation for the Gradle DSL, and that Launcher.java loads Groovy scripts while TaskTransformer.java builds task method calls from the Groovy AST.