Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift

Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by philwelch on Sunday May 21, 2023 @11:56PM (#36027279)

I thought Kotlin was pretty widely used as a Java alternative on the backend

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by rahmeero on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:03AM (#36027330)

An example is smart contracts on the Corda blockchain, which is programmed in Kotlin. It may be me, but I have seen more Kotlin outside of Android than on it.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by fnord77 on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:02AM (#36027323)

Kotlin seems kinds of pointless with the features in newer Java versions

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by doyouevensunbro on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:35AM (#36027508)

Just looking at Java’s upcoming string interpolation makes me so happy I moved to Kotlin years ago.

https://openjdk.org/jeps/430

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by d3nj4l on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:30AM (#36027477)

No amount of lipstick on the java pig will make it as ergonomic to use by default as kotlin.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by scns on Monday May 22, 2023 @03:34AM (#36028454)

Harsh but have to agree.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by pjmlp on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:09AM (#36029405)

It is enough that it is the Java Virtual Machine, not Kotlin Virtual Machine.

Hence why Kotlin only really matters on Android.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by fbdab103 on Monday May 22, 2023 @01:08AM (#36027677)

Would Java had advanced without Kotlin on its doorstep?

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by pjmlp on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:10AM (#36029413)

Yes, because Kotlin hardly matters in regards to the JVM.

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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by fnord77 on Monday May 22, 2023 @05:30PM (#36036974)

Lots of languages are converging on features and idioms. Scala and Haskell have had an influence on New Java too.

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