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Re:Kotlin: A New Hope in a Java 6 Wasteland by harryh on Monday September 28, 2015 @12:34PM (#10291318)
Isn't it fairly easy to slim down the runtime at build time to only the methods you're using? I was under the impression that this was possible, though I've never actually done it so what do I know....
Re:Kotlin: A New Hope in a Java 6 Wasteland by eeperson on Monday September 28, 2015 @01:35PM (#10291726)
Yes, it is. This is commonly accomplished with a tool called ProGuard. Doing this comes with some other trade offs but it is easy to do.