Re:Kotlin becomes second most popular language on the JVM
by gmiller123456 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @02:42PM
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>is there really any compelling reason not to choose Kotlin over Java?
IMHO, any language features rank incredibly low on the list of reasons you might use a language. Things like how long has the language been popular, how long will the language be popular? How strong is the community around the language, how long will it stay strong? What else can you use the language for? What tools are available, is the tooling in a competitive market? Which of those things is most important to your application?
A lot of those questions can't be answered directly, and have to be guessed at. But in the Kotlin vs Java scenario, the choice is pretty obvious for most applications.
IMHO, any language features rank incredibly low on the list of reasons you might use a language. Things like how long has the language been popular, how long will the language be popular? How strong is the community around the language, how long will it stay strong? What else can you use the language for? What tools are available, is the tooling in a competitive market? Which of those things is most important to your application?
A lot of those questions can't be answered directly, and have to be guessed at. But in the Kotlin vs Java scenario, the choice is pretty obvious for most applications.