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Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by yoshiokatsuneo on Friday May 19, 2017 @04:36AM (#14373824)
derived from Swift is like Kotlin: https://github.com/Nilhcem/swift-is-like-kotlin
Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by mbel on Friday May 19, 2017 @04:58AM (#14373900)
I guess that the next one will be: "Kotlin is like Rust", or perhaps there should be "Kotlin is like Go" first?
Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by qcz on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:02AM (#14373915)
Why not do "Kotlin is like PHP" or "Kotlin is like Visual Basic 6" immediately?
Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by mbel on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:48AM (#14374118)
"Kotlin is like Java" would be pretty funny.
Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by COil on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:09AM (#14373942)
Could be fun.
Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by pjmlp on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:18AM (#14373972)
You mean like Go is like Algol?

http://cowlark.com/2009-11-15-go/

Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by pavlov on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:01AM (#14373913)
Maybe the generalized version is simply:

"All these new languages with C-derived syntax and automatic memory management are pretty much the same -- so pick the one that is most supported on your target platform, get to work, and don't worry about it."

I'm kind of expecting someone to do a "Meta-Kotlin" next: a language that has the common intersection of features from Swift, Kotlin, C# and TypeScript, and offers tidy code generation for any of these.

Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by mike_hearn on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:03AM (#14373923)
Kotlin isn't much like Rust. A comparison to Go would be interesting, especially now Kotlin has coroutines.
Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by pjmlp on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:17AM (#14373967)
> "Kotlin is like Go"

Curious how they would relate all the features Go lacks.

Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by bauerd on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:01AM (#14373912)
If I squint my eyes hard enough TypeScript looks like a LISP
Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by avoidwork on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:05AM (#14373931)
maybe because it's javascript, which is borrows from scheme, which is a lisp?
Re:Kotlin is like TypeScript by melling on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:40AM (#14374079)
let x = 1

const x = 1

val x = 1

var x = 2

It's unfortunate each language has a different keyword for constants and variables.