Yes, yes, Kotlin, we know, it's wonderful, such an amazing language...that does not yet exist. The reality is that Kotlin ships a milestone about every 4 month

Yes, yes, Kotlin, we know, it's wonderful, such an amazing language...that does not yet exist. The reality is that Kotlin ships a milestone about every 4 months; they're still on 0.6 and the 1.0 release will be a beta release, so we can expect to see Kotlin stable in what, maybe 18 months? That's a long way away when you consider that... Java8 (arguably the bigger threat to Kotlin than Scala is) will already have launched (looks like Q2 2014 last I checked) and grabbed frustrated Java teams everywhere. So, Scala trimming down and Java fattening up. Kotlin? A bit late to the party. Java8 will keep existing Java shops intact, and Scala already having made significant inroads into the enterprise, will continue to thrive as _the_ statically typed Java alternative. My take at any rate, will be fun to find out how it all shakes out in the coming years.