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> One takeaway is that Kotlin is an exciting language, and one that makes developers happy. Context? Probably "makes (Java) developers happy" due to dramatica
by DrBazza 8y ago
> One takeaway is that Kotlin is an exciting language, and one that makes developers happy.
Context? Probably "makes (Java) developers happy" due to dramatically reduced verbosity. But you get that in most, if not all other languages too. It's not called the Kingdom of Nouns for nothing.
- flavor8 8y agoAnecdata: I've had three lifelong Python devs on our team independently tell me that they don't want to do Python anymore, after working in Kotlin for a month or two. It's really a great middle ground between Java and Python.
- V-2 8y agoIn terms of "niceness" I prefer Kotlin not only to Java, but also to C#; another language in which I've coded professionally, and one I hold in high regard. Although there's certainly much less of a gap between Kotlin and C#.
- KirinDave 8y agoIt makes Android developers very, very happy because it brings features and fixes issues they have. They're stuck on a very old version of the Java spec, remember. They don't really have great options for other languages because of the huge amount of specialized executable optimization and processing required to ship on Android. It'd be awesome if we could see a similar uptake in Eta or something like that. But it's unlikely, as making Eta equally efficient on Android will be a full on PhD thesis of work on top of a mountain of integration work JB finances to get the tooling perfect.
- pjmlp 8y agoAnyone that calls that to Java never programmed in Objective-C, which is like Java's grandfather.