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Re:Kotlin Multiplatform for Android and iOS Apps by sakex on Monday September 25, 2023 @12:56PM (#37646980)
I use Kotlin daily at my job (I have to) and I'm not impressed. It is a new language that ignores most of the innovations in Programming Language Theory from the last 20 years. It only improves on Java by making the syntax less verbose and adding coroutines but almost doesn't add any benefits in terms of semantics.
Re:Kotlin Multiplatform for Android and iOS Apps by wiseowise on Monday September 25, 2023 @01:34PM (#37647614)
> It is a new language that ignores most of the innovations in Programming Language Theory from the last 20 years.

Such as?

Re:Kotlin Multiplatform for Android and iOS Apps by osdev on Monday September 25, 2023 @01:13PM (#37647294)
Hi, I’m curious, can you elaborate on the language features that you think Kotlin ignores?
Re:Kotlin Multiplatform for Android and iOS Apps by brokenbyclouds on Monday September 25, 2023 @04:02PM (#37649770)
It's ok everyone, they must misspelled Go as Kotlin
Re:Kotlin Multiplatform for Android and iOS Apps by Clamchop on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:07PM (#37653426)
I'd really, genuinely be interested in reading more about this theory, and what your criticisms of kotlin are.

No, really, I'm interested!