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Just throwing it out there because I've had similar thoughts - that is, I enjoy Elixir but would be uneasy embarking on a large project without better static an
by sanderjd 6y ago
Just throwing it out there because I've had similar thoughts - that is, I enjoy Elixir but would be uneasy embarking on a large project without better static analysis, and also wonder what better fits the bill of a statically typed server application language - maybe check out Kotlin. I was very pleasantly surprised when going back to Java from Ruby that I found it much nicer, and Kotlin looks very similar but with a few key ergonomics improvements. I haven't used it for anything sizable myself, but I will definitely evaluate it next time I start something new.
- jeremyjh 6y agoThat's funny you say that - I've been following Kotlin a long time and lately have been getting interested in it again; somehow my thoughts keep leading there. If anything holds me back its my experience with Scala. I used Scala for awhile (actually it was my introduction to functional programming) and I like the language but everything about it that seemed to make me unhappy was related to the tooling and JVM ecosystem in general. I should give Kotlin a real chance on a small project though as I haven't done that yet, I've just read the language guides.
- blandflakes 6y agoThough I prefer Scala the language, Kotlin is really nice and has pretty straightforward tooling (seriously why is sbt what I'm stuck with), as well as really awesome (unsurprisingly) Intellij support.
- sanderjd 6y agoI may prefer Scala in theory but it seems to me that Kotlin would work better in practice. And my thinking has shifted to where I've started preferring languages that I prefer in practice in theory too.