I switched back recently (from Kotlin to Java). I'm not 100% happy with the switch. Despite new Java features, it comes nowhere near providing Kotlin's tersen

I switched back recently (from Kotlin to Java). I'm not 100% happy with the switch. Despite new Java features, it comes nowhere near providing Kotlin's terseness. But a few of the reasons that made me try this switch include being uncomfortable with the closed and proprietary nature of the Kotlin's evolution and that the only IDE support available is via a product owned by the same company. I know Oracle "owns" Java but it feels different - they have no incentive to limit the marketplace for developer tools and IDEs. I also prefer a smaller languages - and I feel earlier versions of Kotlin were beautifully balanced in this regard with a small(ish) number of powerful and orthogonal improvements over Java. The language has grown significantly since then at a far faster rate than Java - maybe approaching C# velocity. Finally, and I realise that a lot of effort has gone into addressing the issue in recent releases but compile times were much worse for me than equivalent Java.