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euyyn | 7 years ago

Kotlin though. Everything you said, but a joy to write instead of a chore.

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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).

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.