Hey Russel, can you please elaborate on your comment? I don't know much about JetBrains and their position about kotlin and it would be interesting to know about they are envisioning on their language.
Something to think about: Indeed job trending on: scala + groovy + clojure + kotlin + jruby + jython http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=+jruby%2C+scala%2C+groovy%2C+kotlin%2C+jython%2C+clojure&l= Indeed job trending on: Java + ruby + python + scala + groovy http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=java%2C+python%2C+ruby%2C+scala%2C+groovy&l= On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 5:46 AM, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 19:09 -0600, Paco Zarate wrote: > > > […] > > Also I would suggest looking at the committers list from their source > > repository, it can give you and idea on who and how many are the > > kotlin > > developers, it they are all from Jetbrains or just one developer it > > would > > be a yellow alert in comparison with Groovy, because kotlin would > > have the > > resources concentrated, so if there is a change on Jetbrains business > > (priorities, financial, etc), the entire project is in risk. I like > > that > > Groovy is diverse in their core team and makes me feel more > > comfortable > > even on this transition times from Pivotal's stewardship. > > > […] > > It is worth remembering that whilst Kotlin is a FOSS project, it is > being developed by JetBrains for writing the JetBrains products. > Whether or not Kotlin gains traction with others, JetBrains are, at > least in the short and medium term committed to making a "better Java". > -- > Russel. > > ============================================================================= > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: > sip:[email protected] > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder > >
