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Re:TeaVM – Ahead-of-time transpiler of Java bytecode to Java... by olingern on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:43AM (#16076807)
> If you are a Java (or Kotlin, or Scala) developer who used to write back-end code, TeaVM might be your choice. It’s true that a good developer (including Java developer) can learn JavaScript. However, to become an expert you have to spend reasonable amount of your time.

Oh, this is nice. I finally have a reason to give Kotlin a go. I have some time off and want to write something basic. Pretty excited about this, Rust, and all things wasm popping up.

I am, in no way, excited about debugging it, though.

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Re:TeaVM – Ahead-of-time transpiler of Java bytecode to Java... by rufugee on Friday January 05, 2018 @08:39AM (#16078436)
Kotlin compiles to javascript already...why wouldn't you go that route?
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Re:TeaVM – Ahead-of-time transpiler of Java bytecode to Java... by konsoletyper on Friday January 05, 2018 @10:21AM (#16079096)
Kotlin/JS does not allow to reuse Java code and Java libraries. That's the main difference.
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