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Re:Kotlin: A Language with a Bright Future by geodel on Monday November 20, 2017 @10:54AM (#15740761)
> I mean, Google adopted it as a first class citizen language on android which counts for something.

Something but not much. It works on JVM, talk to all Java libs and tooling is taken care by Intellij. It is low or little effort from Google to support. Unlike other language fans who clamor for Android support from Google, here hard work is done by someone else. So Google support looks most like a co-branding deal.

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Re:Kotlin: A Language with a Bright Future by adamnemecek on Monday November 20, 2017 @11:15AM (#15740969)
Not what we are arguing about. We are arguing about if Kotlin is mature or not, googles invovelement is irrelevant.
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