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Re:Kotlin becomes second most popular language on the JVM by yardstick on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:18AM (#22254400)
If you are still targeting java8, isn’t that due to organisational constraints about software version management and wouldn’t that normally also imply issues around getting new tools like kotlin into the org too?
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Re:Kotlin becomes second most popular language on the JVM by vips7L on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:49AM (#22256346)
Agreed. I highly doubt someone that doesn't want to upgrade their Java version (outside of Android) will be willing to learn and introduce a whole new language.
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