Before downvoting this comment further, take a look at their stated goals for the language. https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2011/08/why-jetbrains-needs-kotli

Before downvoting this comment further, take a look at their stated goals for the language. https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2011/08/why-jetbrains-needs-kotlin/ https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2011/08/why-jetbrains-need... >The next thing is also fairly straightforward: we expect Kotlin to drive the sales of IntelliJ IDEA.