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Why not Kotlin? It's more like a modernized Java. It's closer to what Android developers are used to and it already supports Android. It interoperates well with
by mncolinlee 12y ago
Why not Kotlin? It's more like a modernized Java. It's closer to what Android developers are used to and it already supports Android. It interoperates well with existing Java code in your Android app.
Also, it has excellent IDE support, since JetBrains is behind it.
http://kotlinlang.org/ http://kotlinlang.org/
- lmm 12y agoIt's less mature than Scala; it has a smaller developer base or library ecosystem, and it is missing many Scala features (higher-kinded types, implicits). Most of Kotlin's features are already present in Java 8; if you're going to go to the trouble of supporting two languages, it seems perverse to pick Java and Kotlin when they're so similar.
- curtis17 12y agoIf Google can't resolve their differences with Oracle Kotlin could be a way forward. Especially given the Android Studio connection.