[smithkl42]

Kotlin seems to fill a niche comparable to TypeScript: a language that doesn't try to break new ground, but picks a bunch of tried-and-true ideas to fix severe problems in the underlying platform. Like TypeScript, I hope that it ends up being the right language, with the right compromises, at the right time.

[dodyg]

Yup. It helps that Kotlin is also a smallish language. You can pick it up in a day.