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"for a better language" that interoperate seamlessly with existing java apis and codebases, and had android restrictions in mind during the design phase. Fortu

"for a better language" that interoperate seamlessly with existing java apis and codebases, and had android restrictions in mind during the design phase. Fortunately, this language already exists https://kotlinlang.org/ https://kotlinlang.org/ http://try.kotlinlang.org/ http://try.kotlinlang.org/

clumsysmurf 10y ago
Kotlin doesn't solve any problems for Google from a legal perspective (for example, moving away from the Java ecosystem because of the protracted litigation from Oracle).
- pjmlp 10y ago
  Google created those problems in first place, by trying not to pay Sun.
- jmfayard 10y ago
  "Moving away from the jvm" means getting rid of the Android ecosystem. That would be the smartest project management decision since the codebase of Netscape 4 was thrown away