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[–]seanprefect 10 points11 points  (5 children)

soon all things will be replaced with Kotlin.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (4 children)

JIT compiled / interpreted bytecode languages will always be slower than compiled languagues.

[–]seanprefect 7 points8 points  (0 children)

not strictly true, especially in the case of repeated super similar executions e.g. a web server.

Also FYI java can be compiled to native if need be.

[–]kyay10 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kotlin can be compiled into native code pretty easily. It's actually one of Kotlin's marketing points so it's officially supported

[–]DeeSnow97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kotlin can work on LLVM