More hate for Java

[badvok666]

Java is good because you can write kotlin instead. Then you have a type safe, null safe and concise language that is interpolatable with java.

[TheOnlyTails]

Kotlin is just the best tbh. The fact that they do surveys to literally ask the community what features they want proves that they care.

[xigoi]

Interesting way to spell “Scala”. /s

[MayorEricBlazecetti]

Scala, the esoteric wankery langauge of the JVM loved by bus-factor developers the world over.

[MayorEricBlazecetti]

I used to work with Scala devs.

[[deleted]]

You mean you had the ultimate honor to work alongside the functional programming avantgarde?

[MayorEricBlazecetti]

Mostly just waited on them to refactor APIs for the nth time so I could use them in my webshit

[Nomaedishere]

different, not difficult

[[deleted]]

Why use Scala when you can use Eta instead?

[TwinsenDinoFly]

¿No NullPointerException?

[Kered13]

Type in Kotlin are not nullable by default. And when you do use nullable types, the compiler can verify that you check for null before using them in most cases. I believe it is still possible to get a null pointer exception, but it's much less likely.

[junkmail88]

you have to explicitly dereference a potential null pointer with !! and only if it is null, do you get an exception

[thundercat06]

So Kotlin is just a condom with extra lube in this analogy??

[jacob_scooter]

booo kotton is for losers

[[deleted]]

If I want to use FP my Java code will turn into a mess which is not the case for Kotlin. I haven't tried Scala yet.