On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 at 16:58 Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, thanks to a passing mention in a YouTube video I discovered there > is a new language named Kotlin. Strange it hadn't popped-up for me in > technical articles before, as I think it's been quite mature for at least a > year now. The first thing that strikes is the amazing similarity to C#, and > they even acknowledge this in places on the official site. The most > startling thing through, is how it's being marketed as a better Java. This > page <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/comparison-to-java.html> > summarises the general superiority of Kotlin over Java. So … after 20 > years, will Java become an evolutionary dead-end? >
There is a lot to like about Kotlin and you're right about it being C#-ish looking version of Java. The language was developed by JetBrains. JetBrains built the IntelliJ which is the basis for Android Studio. Google announced last year that Kotlin is a first class language for Android https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ALcQiuPWs. I don't know what the Enterprise story is for Kotlin however for development on the most widely adopted operating system on Earth; I'd say Java's days as a primary language are numbered. David. -- David Connors [email protected] | @davidconnors | https://t.me/davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363
