Comment by doctor_eval

2 years ago

How is that a counter example? Doesn’t Kotlin fulfil a similar role for Android?

Kotlin wasn't created by Google and wasn't pushed by them. It's more like they accepted it because the Android developer base was adopting it organically en-masse anyway. That's also the case for many other places where Java is used.

  • It was pushed by Android team, the same folks that came up with Jetpack stuff.

    Additionally JetBrains has their fingers all over the place in Android.

    Kotlin, Android Studio a mix of InteliJ and Clion, Compose,...