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Link to Jakarta EL instead of mentioning Unified EL in SpEL overview 

As a bit of trivia, Jakarta EL was originally Unified EL, which was
originally JSP EL, which was originally SPEL.

SPEL: Simplest Possible Expression Language
SpEL: Spring Expression Language

So one could say that SPEL inspired SpEL.
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[[expressions]]
= Spring Expression Language (SpEL)
The Spring Expression Language ("`SpEL`" for short) is a powerful expression language that
The Spring Expression Language ("SpEL" for short) is a powerful expression language that
supports querying and manipulating an object graph at runtime. The language syntax is
similar to Unified EL but offers additional features, most notably method invocation and
basic string templating functionality.
similar to the https://jakarta.ee/specifications/expression-language/[Jakarta Expression
Language] but offers additional features, most notably method invocation and basic string
templating functionality.
While there are several other Java expression languages available -- OGNL, MVEL, and JBoss
EL, to name a few -- the Spring Expression Language was created to provide the Spring