[Zardoz84]

Type inference was on DLang far before that Kotlin even existed. The only difference it's that reuses "auto" keyword.

[drzaiusx11]

not claiming kotlin invented anything, just that after kotlin adopts something and it turns out to be useful, java will come along in a few years and implement it (or avoid it, depending on how it goes)

[gf000]

I mean, type inference goes decades before Dlang.