Kotlin is now the recommended for server-side JVM usage at Google

Posted by kettunen on Sunday October 16, 2022 @05:30PM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/tsmith/status/1581318139895156737

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Re:Kotlin is now the recommended for server-side JVM usage a... by thesuperbigfrog on Sunday October 16, 2022 @06:08PM (#33227589)

"Kotlin is now the recommended programming language for server-side JVM usage at Google, set to replace Java while still providing access to a large existing Java ecosystem."

Still upset over the Oracle lawsuit, huh?

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Re:Kotlin is now the recommended for server-side JVM usage a... by stjohnswarts on Sunday October 16, 2022 @08:22PM (#33228528)

isn't it more like "NIH" syndrome? you still get to keep your cake and eat it too with kotlin.

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Re:Kotlin is now the recommended for server-side JVM usage a... by UncleMeat on Sunday October 16, 2022 @08:52PM (#33228696)

Kotlin also wasn’t invented at Google.

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Re:Kotlin is now the recommended for server-side JVM usage a... by stjohnswarts on Monday October 17, 2022 @06:10AM (#33231590)

Maybe "not invented at oracle" then?

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Re:Kotlin is now the recommended for server-side JVM usage a... by UncleMeat on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:02AM (#33234457)

I have no actual knowledge, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the strategy for Android and then people just realized that Kotlin had productivity and correctness benefits so they decided to support it for server development too.

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Re:Kotlin is now the recommended for server-side JVM usage a... by stjohnswarts on Sunday October 16, 2022 @08:20PM (#33228514)

Nitter link https://nitter.net/tsmith/status/1581318139895156737

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