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Re:Kotlin becomes second most popular language on the JVM by pyuser583 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:04AM (#22254631)
What!? It’s being developed by JetBrains, which is headquartered in the Czech Republic - a NATO member!
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Re:Kotlin becomes second most popular language on the JVM by nullifidian on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:10AM (#22254660)
It's registered/incorporated in the Czech Republic, but it's a Russian company. Same way Russian search giant Yandex is incorporated in Netherlands.
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Re:Kotlin becomes second most popular language on the JVM by Gaelan on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:04AM (#22257062)
In more concrete terms, of their ~1000 employees, 600 are in St. Petersburg, their largest office by far.
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Re:Kotlin becomes second most popular language on the JVM by pyuser583 on Saturday February 08, 2020 @02:18AM (#22274472)
Ah. That makes things clear.
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Re:Kotlin becomes second most popular language on the JVM by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:08PM (#22260321)
Kotlin is named after an island protecting the entry to St. Petersburg. While they have some developers in Germany and Czech Republic (plus some remote IIRC), their main development center is in St. Petersburg. I guess they were incorporated in Czech republic due to political issues, but they would still be crippled if they were somehow cut off from their St. Petersburg office.
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