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You seem to know a few bits about Kotlin. I'm not well versed in Java land but why target Java 6 that's been unsupported for the last 3 years? Isn't that a prob

You seem to know a few bits about Kotlin. I'm not well versed in Java land but why target Java 6 that's been unsupported for the last 3 years? Isn't that a problem?

izacus 10y ago
Because the VM on Android devices runs only Java 6 compatible bytecode.
- rbjorklin 10y ago
  Alright, so basically using Kotlin for PCs could possibly expose one to known critical security vulnerabilitys in Java 6? EDIT: On the other hand Java 6 byte code might run just fine under I.E JRE 8?
  - eropple 10y ago
    Kotlin runs completely fine on the Java 8 JRE.