Ask HN: Can Kotlin Native be a possible contender for Go on server side?

Posted by lostPoncho on Sunday September 24, 2017 @12:26AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I recently came across Kotlin. I understand JetBrains is betting big on it by sponsoring development for native targets. Also, I find the learning curve for Kotlin to be lesser than Go. But can Kotlin Native give the same performance as Go?

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Re:Ask HN: Can Kotlin Native be a possible contender for Go ... by marktangotango on Sunday September 24, 2017 @09:15AM (#15324575)

The big open question I have about kotlin native is the gc story, i.e. How is it implemented? Neither boehms (libgc) or reference counting are adequate solutions imo. Last I knew go was in the process of moving to a generational gc, state of the art as in hotspot jvm.

Also, the multi process, thread, coroutine, async io scheduling story in go is very compelling. Java (and by association kotlin) has lots if async server frameworks, but seems doubtful you'd get that level of integration unless they target it.

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Re:Ask HN: Can Kotlin Native be a possible contender for Go ... by Cieplak on Sunday September 24, 2017 @02:32AM (#15323586)

If you're optimizing for performance, you might consider C++. That said, if you're building software that accepts untrusted user input, there's a learning curve for adhering to secure coding practices:

https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/x/BgE

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Re:Ask HN: Can Kotlin Native be a possible contender for Go ... by riku_iki on Sunday September 24, 2017 @05:04PM (#15326493)

Why regular JVM Kotlin is not good for this?

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