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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by johnywalks on Sunday March 27, 2022 @06:29AM (#30819183)
I call this skin in the game. If making a good programming language is a monetary incentive for them the i'm fine with that.
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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by phosfox on Sunday March 27, 2022 @06:40AM (#30819232)
Couldn't this also lead to a language that's only really usable with IntelliJ?
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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by hugi on Sunday March 27, 2022 @07:57AM (#30819567)
That's what they're currently attempting with Java. Kotlin is basically JetBrains' attempt at dominating the ecosystem,
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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by native_samples on Sunday March 27, 2022 @07:09AM (#30819353)
Only if you think you need an IDE for a language to be usable. People sometimes make that argument about Java but kotlin is far less verbose.
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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by fithisux on Sunday March 27, 2022 @08:02AM (#30819602)
No, Kotlin is open source.
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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by mateuszf on Sunday March 27, 2022 @11:04AM (#30820762)
Intellij Idea Community Edition with Kotlin support as well. Also free as freedom and free beer.
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