Bienlein

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   by Bienlein 11y ago

   Mail to bkase at highlig.ht bounced back. Are you sure the mail address is correct?
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   by Bienlein 11y ago

   "Why not start with a mixed Java/Kotlin project?" Think that's a good idea. If you are missing AST transformations you can add Groovy to the game. All three languages in IntelliJ work really fine together. In eclipse you
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   by Bienlein 11y ago

   I started looking into Kotlin already when it was M2. Always liked it a lot, because every feature has a reason to exist. Nothing is added without careful thought whether it is needed at all or could be solved in the library anyway. Scala w
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   by Bienlein 11y ago

   "Kotlin interfaces are essentially the same as Java interfaces." Interfaces in Kotlin offer functionality beyond interfaces in Java. In Java interfaces can only have public methods. In Kotlin interfaces can also have (abstract) va
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   by Bienlein 11y ago

   Kotlin is build with interoperability with Java in mind from the beginning. This is not the case in Ceylon. In fact some base types (Int, Long) in Ceylon don't match the corresponding Java type. Kotlin has extension methods which Ceylo
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   by Bienlein 11y ago

   >> No reason to bake it into the language Go-style channels and goroutines are built on green threads which Go/Erlang has, but the JVM does not have. One way to work around this is to use fibers and continuations which is what Qu