> I mean, Google adopted it as a first class citizen language on android which counts for something. Something but not much. It works on JVM, talk to all Java

> I mean, Google adopted it as a first class citizen language on android which counts for something. Something but not much. It works on JVM, talk to all Java libs and tooling is taken care by Intellij. It is low or little effort from Google to support. Unlike other language fans who clamor for Android support from Google, here hard work is done by someone else. So Google support looks most like a co-branding deal.