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by iainmerrick 2745 days ago
Because the designers of Kotlin are more open to experimentation and new ideas.
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  (setq n (cond
    (expr trueVal)
    (t falseVal)))
This particular idea dates back to at least 1965.
Er, yes, I should say “new ideas about which features are worth stealing from Lisp” :)