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Re: Kotlin is like TypeScript

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I guess that the next one will be: "Kotlin is like Rust", or perhaps there should be "Kotlin is like Go" first?

If I squint my eyes hard enough TypeScript looks like a LISP

maybe because it's javascript, which is borrows from scheme, which is a lisp?

Re: Kotlin is like TypeScript

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TypeScript has structural typing, that is a HUGE difference.

Ya, I'm not away of any other popular OO language that goes this route. The implications of structural sub-typing are huge, though I guess many programmers wouldn't be able to call it out.

Uhh, JavaScript (via FlowType)?

Re: Kotlin is like TypeScript

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I guess that the next one will be: "Kotlin is like Rust", or perhaps there should be "Kotlin is like Go" first?

Why not do "Kotlin is like PHP" or "Kotlin is like Visual Basic 6" immediately?

Could be fun.

Re: Kotlin is like TypeScript

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Why this comparison?

Kotlin, Swift, and TypeScript have modern features like type inherence, null-safe, closure, and are supported by big company.

> modern features like type inherence, null-safe, closure

This is one of the more annoying problems with our industry. People rediscover solutions from 60s and 70s and sell them as if they were new and revolutionary...

Re: Kotlin is like TypeScript

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kotlin, Swift, and TypeScript have modern features like type inherence, null-safe, closure, and are supported by big company.

> modern features like type inherence, null-safe, closure This is one of the more annoying problems with our industry. People rediscover solutions from 60s and 70s and sell them as if they were new and revolutionary...

Still waiting for web developers to rediscover 90's RAD tooling.

Re: Kotlin is like TypeScript

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derived from Swift is like Kotlin: https://github.com/Nilhcem/swift-is-like-kotlin

I guess that the next one will be: "Kotlin is like Rust", or perhaps there should be "Kotlin is like Go" first?

> "Kotlin is like Go"

Curious how they would relate all the features Go lacks.

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