Why “Kotlin” is being discussed
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I see you drank the kool-aid. Add this dot to your chart: I know Kotlin and _much_ prefer Java. Also, rest assured that there is still plenty of corporate drones that don't know…
by speed_spread · Oct 18, 2026
I didn't base my statement on personal perception but on industry reports (which report numbers similar to job numbers like these: https://www.devjobsscanner.com/…
by pron · Oct 18, 2026
I find Kotlin to be full footguns in general, letting you do stuff because 'why the hell not'. It feels like the Kotlin designers just wanted to show off, without considering th…
by speed_spread · Oct 18, 2026
> only a small minority of Java developers know Kotlin. This is just so wrong. I don't know a single Java developer who does not know Kotlin. In fact, almost everyone is using K…
by brabel · Oct 18, 2026
> A few years back the same argument was phrased as "we don't adopt features from lesser languages" or something to that effect. Since then Java has been busy adopting those fea…
by pron · Oct 18, 2026
Kotlin is absolutely massive, and they often add n small features instead of a single more complicated one, so I don't think the comparision to Scala fits. Funnily enough kotlin…
by gf000 · Oct 18, 2026
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Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose high-level programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the Java virtual machine (JVM) version of Kotlin's standard library depends on the Java Class Library. Type inference allows for more concise syntax than Java, while null-safety features reduce a common class of runtime errors. Kotlin mainly targets the JVM, but also compiles to JavaScript or native code via LLVM. JetBrains bears language development costs, while the Kotlin Foundation protects the Kotlin trademark. Read more on Wikipedia