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Kotlin seems nice but when's Kotlin going to be "for real"?

What I mean by that is, when will it go 1.0? When will we see a major project from Jetbrains implemented in it?

Kotlin has been around for a couple of years now and Jetbrains still won't answer these questions as far as I can see[1].

[1] - http://devnet.jetbrains.com/message/5490337?tstart=0



You can start with the latest build. It is that good. There is no need to wait for the 1.0 version.


I'm sure it's good. It's just not for real yet.

* If you read the link, there is no guarantee of backwards compatibility to the current point within future releases. This is why they're still in milestones.

* Jetbrains has yet to show us that they are, themselves, committed to Kotlin by implementing something major in it.

* They won't provide a timeline for 1.0.

I love thinking about and toying with new languages, but when it comes to sitting down and doing stuff, I need to know the environment has enough commitment such that I don't have immediate code rot.


So you would use a pre-1.0 version with no guarantees of backward compatibility to implement something real? Something that a business depends on, not just something you can toss up on your GitHub page to look cool? I would fire you as soon as we tried to update to a new version and had to spend weeks fixing your now broken code.




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