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We reviewed both and went with Kotlin. Scala is not the obvious choice here in my opinion. Kotlin is a simpler language which is a huge benefit. https://kotl
by softawre 10y ago
We reviewed both and went with Kotlin. Scala is not the obvious choice here in my opinion.
Kotlin is a simpler language which is a huge benefit.
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/comparison-to-scala.html https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/comparison-to-scala.ht...
- lmm 10y agoIt's not a simpler language. It's a less powerful one but as a result it has a lot of ad-hoc special case features to cover subsets of functionality that Scala provides with a few powerful features applied consistently. (If you want an actually simpler language, look at Ceylon)
- airless_bar 10y agoI agree with lmm. The only thing where Kotlin wins is in marketing and hype.