On 21 May 2015 at 16:22, Paco Zarate <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Russel, can you please elaborate on your comment? > > I don't know much about JetBrains and their position about kotlin and it > would be interesting to know about they are envisioning on their language.
JetBrains' motivation was explained in their blog post back in 2011: http://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2011/08/why-jetbrains-needs-kotlin/ Some quotes related to what Russel said: "... We’re obviously in it for the long run ..." "... First and foremost, it’s about our own productivity ..." Cheers, Dinko > > Something to think about: > Indeed job trending on: scala + groovy + clojure + kotlin + jruby + jython > http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=+jruby%2C+scala%2C+groovy%2C+kotlin%2C+jython%2C+clojure&l= > > Indeed job trending on: Java + ruby + python + scala + groovy > http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=java%2C+python%2C+ruby%2C+scala%2C+groovy&l= > > > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 5:46 AM, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 19:09 -0600, Paco Zarate wrote: >> > >> […] >> > Also I would suggest looking at the committers list from their source >> > repository, it can give you and idea on who and how many are the >> > kotlin >> > developers, it they are all from Jetbrains or just one developer it >> > would >> > be a yellow alert in comparison with Groovy, because kotlin would >> > have the >> > resources concentrated, so if there is a change on Jetbrains business >> > (priorities, financial, etc), the entire project is in risk. I like >> > that >> > Groovy is diverse in their core team and makes me feel more >> > comfortable >> > even on this transition times from Pivotal's stewardship. >> > >> […] >> >> It is worth remembering that whilst Kotlin is a FOSS project, it is >> being developed by JetBrains for writing the JetBrains products. >> Whether or not Kotlin gains traction with others, JetBrains are, at >> least in the short and medium term committed to making a "better Java". >> -- >> Russel. >> >> ============================================================================= >> Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: >> sip:[email protected] >> 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] >> London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder >> >
