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+100 to this. Kotlin is a language by a small company that only grew out of sheer love by the world. Even Google had to throw in the towel and officially suppo
by sandGorgon 7y ago
+100 to this.
Kotlin is a language by a small company that only grew out of sheer love by the world. Even Google had to throw in the towel and officially support Kotlin. Flutter is a reflection of "creating a new language" - Dart.
Kotlin doesnt have the heavy handed lock-in of Swift. Wouldnt Swift fundamentally by handicapped by Apple's stewardship ? What if Lattner wants to add new constructs to the language ?
- pjmlp 7y agoGoogle had no other option given that: 1 - Many InteliJ plugins are now written in Kotlin (Android Studio) 2 - They really screwed up with Android Java dialect and people were looking for alternatives 3 - They need an exit story for when the hammer of justice finaly falls down on how they screwed up Sun