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I'd also be a little wary of Kotlin unless its for Android dev. Java is catching up a lot with Kotlin and it even looks like its going to have a much more power

I'd also be a little wary of Kotlin unless its for Android dev. Java is catching up a lot with Kotlin and it even looks like its going to have a much more powerful pattern matching story than Kotlin https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/amber-spec-experts/2021-January/002758.html https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/amber-spec-experts/2... I'm not sure if its worth the constant context switching to pick up Kotlin for backend development personally.

BossingAround 6y ago
I fear Kotlin might go a similar route as Groovy. That said, Groovy never got so much traction, so maybe not, but Kotlin definitely seems to be losing its momentum thanks to Java's fast progress.
- pestaa 6y ago
  Where do you get the idea of Kotlin losing momentum? Serious question. Can Kotlin/JS be a real competitor to TypeScript on the browser? Kotlin Native vs Go? Because if so, Kotlin doesn't have to go head to head against Java to win on the JVM too. (imo)