The syntax makes blending sync and async easy. And the cooperative multitasking paradigm is very easy to reason about. No locks!
Big fan of Python and am heavily invested in its ecosystem, but I currently prefer async programming in modern JavaScript compared to Python.
Did you make use of third-party async libraries?
I write Clojure, Kotlin, and Scala all on a pretty regular basis. Truthfully, I do write less Clojure now than at the time I wrote this post, but that's predominantly because my current interest (and salary) are centered around Kotlin + Android.
I still write Clojure quite a far amount, but I don't blog about it as much as I'm not "exploring" the language as much. Sometimes, I'll find or create something cool and share it, but most likely that'll be Kotlin/Android related right now.
I do not agree with you. Scala is a mostly functional language, and Kotlin is mostly imperative. How is that fixing Scala? They are two different languages, and Kotlin being newer, is inspired by, among others, Scala.
That's correct! I did not want to give up Clojure or Scala for Android however! I tried writing an app in both and it was miserable, so I went back to Java. And then I thought -- well, hang on, I'm definitely not going to write this in Java if there's a less-verbose alternative. So I forced myself to learn Kotlin and actually like it quite a bit. In a few ways, it reminds me of when I first worked with Groovy.
My opinion has not change as I've never looked back ;)
I've found a fun little home in the JVM, but I'll definitely check out data classes in Python! That seems pretty cool :)