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Re: Swift/Java interoperability tools and libraries

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Outside of Apple's ecosystem, is anyone using Swift? Kotlin is growing in all areas, especially backend (being fully embraced by Spring/Spring Boot et al).

Spring embraces all JVM languages that can bring them new customers.

They have gone hard on Kotlin. Very hard. For example, in all of Spring/Boot's documentation, you will find Java and Kotlin examples, but not other JVM languages.

Re: Swift/Java interoperability tools and libraries

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Spring embraces all JVM languages that can bring them new customers.

They have gone hard on Kotlin. Very hard . For example, in all of Spring/Boot's documentation, you will find Java and Kotlin examples, but not other JVM languages.

Because they’re most likely commercial partners with JetBrains.

Re: Swift/Java interoperability tools and libraries

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Spring embraces all JVM languages that can bring them new customers.

They have gone hard on Kotlin. Very hard . For example, in all of Spring/Boot's documentation, you will find Java and Kotlin examples, but not other JVM languages.

I am old enough to remember when Groovy had similar treatment by Spring.
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