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I call this skin in the game. If making a good programming language is a monetary incentive for them the i'm fine with that.

• phosfox 5y ago
  Couldn't this also lead to a language that's only really usable with IntelliJ?
  • native_samples 5y ago
    Only if you think you need an IDE for a language to be usable. People sometimes make that argument about Java but kotlin is far less verbose.
  • hugi 5y ago
    That's what they're currently attempting with Java. Kotlin is basically JetBrains' attempt at dominating the ecosystem,
  • fithisux 5y ago
    No, Kotlin is open source.
    • mateuszf 5y ago
      Intellij Idea Community Edition with Kotlin support as well. Also free as freedom and free beer.