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jayd16 • yesterday at 6:07 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

So the goal post is JetBrains has to rewrite their stack in Kotlin native for Kotlin to not need the JVM?


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pjmlp • yesterday at 7:02 PM

The goal post is that Kotlin is able to stand on its own, without any dependency of JVM ecosystem, for its evolution as ecosystem.

A sign of maturity that Kotlin is grown enough to leave its parents foster home, and stand on its own without pay checks from its folks.

oldsecondhand • yesterday at 6:27 PM

Eating your own dogfood has always been a milestone of maturity.