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by thomascgalvin 2394 days ago
I'm waiting for Tornado to support Java 11+ before I jump on the bandwagon. It's getting closer[1], but it's still not production ready, from what I can tell.

[1]: https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx/issues/899
1 comments
vips7L 2394 days ago
Well I guess that makes it easier. I'd rather write Java than Kotlin anyway.
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thomascgalvin 2394 days ago
Really? That's the first time I've ever heard someone say that. What is it about Kotlin you don't like?
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vips7L 2394 days ago
I just like Java. I know it well and mainly don't have issues with the problems kotlin is trying to solve. The main benefits I see of kotlin are coroutines (coming to java with project loom) and nullable reference types (which isn't a deal breaker for me).

I also don't enjoy functional programming, I find that it quickly becomes unreadable and kotlin is a weird mix between FP and OOP.

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