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Re:The Kotlin Foundation by pjmlp on Sunday February 14, 2021 @03:25AM (#26130581)
Java and JVM are developed together, Kotlin just adds syntax sugar on top.

If Kotlin is so much better, why doesn't JetBrains just port everything into Kotlin/Native?

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Re:The Kotlin Foundation by dbsmith83 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:27AM (#26133131)
Because there are benefits to the JVM and interoperability with Java
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Re:The Kotlin Foundation by pjmlp on Sunday February 14, 2021 @04:32PM (#26136464)
Apparently not, given the cargo cult hate against Java on Kotlin community, glad to "leave Java behind".
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