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Originally Posted by Quoth
Does it make much difference? Besides the point was there isn't one language. You are reinforcing my point with Kotlin.
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No it doesn't make much/any difference - I was just correcting a minor misstatement.
I totally agree with you about the need for multiple languages.
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Preferred by who? Edit: I see it's Google, so likely politics as they never had a Java licence for the flavour Android needs.
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Yes - it's Google's recommendation for new Android projects, and their "Kotlin first" policy means that they'll be releasing new APIs etc for Kotlin first.
I'm not so sure it's (just) political. Kotlin is a much better language than Java (IMHO), and the announcement has been very warmly received amongst developers. Bearing in mind the level of applause at Google I/O (2017, I think) for the initial announcement that Kotlin was being adopted as a first-class language for Android, it appears I'm not the only one with that opinion.
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But the point is that writing an App for Android isn't going to use the same language as your washing machine controller.
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I completely agree - I wasn't objecting to the point of your post, just correcting a minor error. From what you've been writing, I'd say we're pretty much on the same page about what's needed to be a proper programmer (though perhaps we differ in some language preferences
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