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Re:Why I Switched from Python to Clojure (2016) by iLemming on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:09AM (#19480616)
Kotlin simply is an attempt to fix Scala problems, which in itself is an attempt to fix Java problems. Clojure by design - simply doesn't have those problems.
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Re:Why I Switched from Python to Clojure (2016) by nattmat on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:27AM (#19480656)
What Scala problems does Kotlin attempt to fix?
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Re:Why I Switched from Python to Clojure (2016) by iLemming on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:42AM (#19480706)
Let's not go into the rabbit hole of "Scala has no problems"
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Re:Why I Switched from Python to Clojure (2016) by nattmat on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:54AM (#19480732)
Not my intention. But yours was a bold claim, and I wanted to hear your thoughts.

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.

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Re:Why I Switched from Python to Clojure (2016) by Elrac on Monday March 25, 2019 @04:16AM (#19480972)
I don't think that was nattmatt's intention. It sounded like a genuine interested question to me, and I for one would also love to hear someone expound on this topic.
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