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Re:Reasons to upgrade from Java 8 by shakow on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:15AM (#26831955)
Kotlin is free though, and a JetBrains product, not a Google one.
Re:Reasons to upgrade from Java 8 by pjmlp on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:27AM (#26832054)
Kotlin is married to Android, it doesn't go anywhere unless JetBrains settles for a divorce.
Re:Reasons to upgrade from Java 8 by sudhirj on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:15AM (#26834137)
Actually, they've done a pretty decent job on multiplatforming it. Can use it for servers, compile to JS, even compile through LLVM and target iOS if that's your jam. Android is the killer use case, of course, but I think it'll survive losing preferred status on Android.
Re:Reasons to upgrade from Java 8 by pjmlp on Saturday April 17, 2021 @04:06AM (#26842495)
There are dozens of languages that have done exactly the same and eventually faded away.