"Kotlin advocates try to have it both ways" Kotlin is a new language. Several of its deficiencies are a result of primarily targeting the JVM. There are no uni

"Kotlin advocates try to have it both ways" Kotlin is a new language. Several of its deficiencies are a result of primarily targeting the JVM. There are no universal Kotlin "advocates" claiming otherwise, and that is fundamental a distracting strawman. As to Kotlin -vs- "other language", Kotlin has fantastic, broad tooling (being designed by a very competent tooling company gave it quite a speedy start). In an instant it beats out most competitors that force much more of a compromise.