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> If I'm going to be successfully pitched a programming language, I will need to see its power of expression or be shown how it solves some problems that other
by jkot 10y ago
> If I'm going to be successfully pitched a programming language, I will need to see its power of expression or be shown how it solves some problems that other languages don't address well. Some "special sauce."
I think that is wrong approach. Kotlin has nothing special or innovative, everything was already here. But it is well balanced and industrial strength (something like java). It is simply good workhorse for most tasks. It is excellent replacement for java, that is all.
- reality_czech 10y agoNow that JDK8 has made Java more expressive, and Oracle's trolling has come to nothing, I expect Kotlin and Ceylon to fade away. If you want Java, just use it, already.
- Nullabillity 10y agoJava 8 improved things, but it's still far behind the rest. Also, both Kotlin and Ceylon (and Scala and Clojure) would be affected by the Oracle trolling, since they all run on the JVM.