[throwasehasdwi]

JetBrians is possibly the best company on the planet to implement syntax improvements to Java, which is basically what Kotlin is.

They have deep experience with the syntax of a bunch of different languages. They know what Java is missing because they've seen a ton of different things in diverse languages.

Looking at Kotlin myself, they got rid of almost all of the painful syntactical blunders in Java. I'm seriously considering picking it up for my next project just looking at their main page. It looks fantastic.