The Kotlin Programming Language
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Andrey Breslav works as a language designer and implementer at JetBrains. He joined the team in 2010, after spending a few years in academia.
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Why ? Scala is much better
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I like IntelliJ, but this product is an answer to a non existing question.
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Alex Miller
Re: Why ? Scala is much better
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Adam Nemeth
Re: Why ? Scala is much better
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Dan Tines
Re: Why ? Scala is much better
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confluence.jetbrains.net/display/Kotlin/Compari...
You have not answered my why question.
And while my opinion is of little value, why would the others be more relevant ?
I think I asked a fair question.
Re: Why ? Scala is much better
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Dan Tines
That's why you ask why. You're happy with Scala and for some reason can't figure out why others aren't and won't be.
But then ask yourself why some many developers stick with Java.
Re: Why ? Scala is much better
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Serge Bureau
As far as Scala, of course not everybody will like it, there is a matter of taste and style. People adopt what fit the best their style.
But that somebody do not find a language adequate in the hundreds already available and need another one is strange to me.
If one is bringing something quite new, I could understand.
Re: Why ? Scala is much better
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Dan Tines
And yes we understand that you don't understand.
Re: Why ? Scala is much better
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Serge Bureau
It must be that I don't understand.
Best of luck.
Re: Why ? Scala is much better
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Pawel Barcik
"If one is bringing something quite new, I could understand. "
You are forgetting about 2 things here , creating new language is a fun experience and when you actually created it, making it public gives you free exposure in various places like for e.g. InfoQ .
It is not always about the programming needs.
How is Kotlin "way simpler" than Scala
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Raz C
I do like the autoproxy but learned that there is also support for this in Scala (thanks!). Also, some constructs seem to flow better in English, but the question remains:
Given that you plan to add all the cool stuff later, there's maybe 2 features in Scala that do not have some sort of equivalent in Kotlin, but then you add a bunch, so how exactly is Kotlin "way simpler" than Scala? That was one of the two self-advertised "design goals" but how do you see it as "way simpler" ?
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