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JADEx: A Practical Null-Safety Solution for Java (github.com)
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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What Russian ties? JetBrains is a Czech company, with very little income from Russia. They suspended sales in Russia and Belarus in 2022. https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/annualreport-2022/

And please do list the practical reasons for avoiding Kotlin.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Just the historical Russian ties, which is enough for some people/organizations to avoid them. The biggest practical reason is the dependence on tooling. Kotlin is a great language, but loses a lot of its allure when you can't use an IDE for whatever reason. It makes sense, given that its developed by a company whose main product is IDEs; but it can still be an issue in some circumstances.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    What makes kotlin different from any other language in that regard? It’s better to use an IDE that supports the language than a plain text editor that has no tooling. That’s just a fact of programming.

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