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Shoulders of Giants: Languages Kotlin Learned From

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  • Presented by Andrey Breslav, former Lead Language Designer for Kotlin

Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Programming languagesHistory and cultureKotlinLanguage design and type systemsHistory of computing

Andrey Breslav explains how Kotlin's design was inspired by languages like Java, Scala, C#, and Groovy, and what Kotlin does differently.

New languages are inspired by existing languages: every generation learns from the previous one. Kotlin is no exception: its design is based substantially on the designs of languages such as Java, Scala, C#, Groovy, Python, Nice, etc. This talk will explain which parts of the design are inspired by which languages and what Kotlin does differently in each case. = Andrey Breslav Andrey used to be the Lead Language Designer for Kotlin from the very beginning and till version 1.4 (ten years in total)

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What people say. Recommended as a fascinating historical look at Kotlin's design decisions by its original lead designer.

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