top | item 19439633 (no title) euyyn | 7 years ago Kotlin though. Everything you said, but a joy to write instead of a chore. discuss order hn newest pjmlp|7 years ago I am betting Kotlin is the new Groovy.Lets see where it stands 5 years from now, specially if Fuchsia actually gets released. ptx|7 years ago Kotlin is different because of the focus on tooling, which is the advantage Java still had over all the dynamically typed JVM languages.Also, Kotlin/Native is in beta now and could target Fuchsia (compiling AOT to native code using LLVM). load replies (1) coldtea|7 years ago Groovy was a random JVM-based dynamic language with no major company support and no special tooling.Kotlin has IntelliJ (and thus a great IDE) and Google standing behind it, and Steve Yegge's nod of approval. load replies (1)
pjmlp|7 years ago I am betting Kotlin is the new Groovy.Lets see where it stands 5 years from now, specially if Fuchsia actually gets released. ptx|7 years ago Kotlin is different because of the focus on tooling, which is the advantage Java still had over all the dynamically typed JVM languages.Also, Kotlin/Native is in beta now and could target Fuchsia (compiling AOT to native code using LLVM). load replies (1) coldtea|7 years ago Groovy was a random JVM-based dynamic language with no major company support and no special tooling.Kotlin has IntelliJ (and thus a great IDE) and Google standing behind it, and Steve Yegge's nod of approval. load replies (1)
ptx|7 years ago Kotlin is different because of the focus on tooling, which is the advantage Java still had over all the dynamically typed JVM languages.Also, Kotlin/Native is in beta now and could target Fuchsia (compiling AOT to native code using LLVM). load replies (1)
coldtea|7 years ago Groovy was a random JVM-based dynamic language with no major company support and no special tooling.Kotlin has IntelliJ (and thus a great IDE) and Google standing behind it, and Steve Yegge's nod of approval. load replies (1)
pjmlp|7 years ago
Lets see where it stands 5 years from now, specially if Fuchsia actually gets released.
ptx|7 years ago
Also, Kotlin/Native is in beta now and could target Fuchsia (compiling AOT to native code using LLVM).
coldtea|7 years ago
Kotlin has IntelliJ (and thus a great IDE) and Google standing behind it, and Steve Yegge's nod of approval.