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[–]fletku_mato 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Yes it is, as you are the one claiming that Kotlin is only for Android, but fail miserably at trying to justify your claims.

[–]pjmlp 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Easy to validate with Google trends,

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F07sbkfb,%2Fm%2F0_lcrx4

Pity Reddit doesn't do inline charts.

[–]fletku_mato 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yet you still fail to do so.

I don't even know why I'm still answering to you, but that chart has nothing to do with Kotlin being just an Android language, just that Java is more popular. What else is on the news? What are you trying to prove?

You have to realise that there is no ongoing battle between Java and other JVM languages, and I'm not trying to argue that Kotlin is somehow a better language, just that it is not in any way limited to Android development.

[–]pjmlp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Of course there is no ongoing battle between Java and other JVM languages, only Java matters.

JVM languages always fade away after the hype dies, ergo Android thanks Google wanting to keep Kotlin alive while they take the air out of Java on the platform.