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Re:Kotlin: A Language with a Bright Future by adamnemecek on Monday November 20, 2017 @10:02AM (#15740308)
> C/C++ can do that if you accept Emscripten.

Yeah, pls no.

> Java can do that if you accept GWT.

Yeah, I don't. Google abandoned it, you should too.

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Re:Kotlin: A Language with a Bright Future by Finnucane on Monday November 20, 2017 @10:12AM (#15740398)
Still, they count as 'precedents'.
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Re:Kotlin: A Language with a Bright Future by adamnemecek on Monday November 20, 2017 @10:17AM (#15740441)
Precedents are nice and all but I want something I can ship stuff in.
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Re:Kotlin: A Language with a Bright Future by swsieber on Monday November 20, 2017 @10:48AM (#15740711)
Google still ships stuff using GWT - they just talk about it much.
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Re:Kotlin: A Language with a Bright Future by adamnemecek on Monday November 20, 2017 @11:43AM (#15741182)
They maintain legacy stuff written in GWT, I dont know any new projects that use it.
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Re:Kotlin: A Language with a Bright Future by qznc on Monday November 20, 2017 @01:58PM (#15742188)
Vaadin is built on GWT and seems quite alive. https://vaadin.com/
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Re:Kotlin: A Language with a Bright Future by adamnemecek on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:21PM (#15742386)
Vaadin is doa. It’s not a spa which means it will be dead in idk three years. People love that interactivity.
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