On the one hand this looks like an admirable attempt to collapse the essentials out of Scala while removing the cruft. On the other, most of Scala's features g

On the one hand this looks like an admirable attempt to collapse the essentials out of Scala while removing the cruft. On the other, most of Scala's features got there for a reason, and have had years to be honed into a cooperating set. It will be fascinating to see what needs to be added to Kotlin in the next year.