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It is interesting that when I considered next language to write a side-project in, I was choosing between Ceylon and Kotlin. In the end I did choose Kotlin. My
by a-saleh 10y ago
It is interesting that when I considered next language to write a side-project in, I was choosing between Ceylon and Kotlin.
In the end I did choose Kotlin. My reasons included:
* support in IDEA
* focus on java interoperability
* nice interop with android
but the main thing probably was, that I trust JetBrains that they will support Kotlin in the long term, while I don't think RedHat has any projects depending on the language.
So, why would you choose Ceylon?
- lmm 10y agoWell in reality I choose Scala, largely because it has a level of maturity and ecosystem support (both libraries and other tools) that neither Ceylon nor Kotlin can match. But I'd use Ceylon rather than Kotlin because I think it's a much better designed actual language (see cousin post for examples). I personally dislike IDEA (prefer Eclipse), and I don't think Kotlin actually has any better Java or android interop than Ceylon (or Scala), they just make more of a fuss about it in their marketing.
- premium-concern 10y ago> they just make more of a fuss about it in their marketing This succinctly describes many aspects of Kotlin.