I agree it's awesome. There was a strangle loop talk on the economics of creating a programming language; Kotlin is really the first of its kind being supported

I agree it's awesome. There was a strangle loop talk on the economics of creating a programming language; Kotlin is really the first of its kind being supported by an editor licensing program. I personally think Jetbrains getting acquired would be a nightmare. JB is very responsive and accessible when you have an issue with their libraries (Of which I've found many). Google is an impenetrable super-corp and they already endorse Kotlin heavily for Android development. What's more in typical Google fashion, this would inevitably spell the death of Compose Multiplatform UI or Flutter when a higher-up learned they were paying for two competing solutions. Flutter has more users, so Compose would join the graveyard. Best I can tell no one really uses Swift for anything other than desktop/ios apps. Kotlin is only gaining traction in industry on the backend. I don't really know how relevant Tiobe indices are, but I would expect Kotlin to overtake Swift in a year or two.