Many languages prior to Kotlin have tried to become a better Java. Let's see why they could never become one.
Every language attracts the programmer community by giving them an ability to do something that was cumbersome before. Their adoption is directly driven by how much value the promise has for them and how much faith the community can put into that promise.
All languages that claimed to be a better Java and offered something worthwhile beyond what Java offers, also took something back in turn. Here are a few examples:
- .NET has been the longtime rival of Java and has supported multiple languages from day one. Based on the lessons learnt from Java, the .NET designers came up with better language constructs. However, ...
