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0 pointsvips7L5y ago0 comments

Kotlins stdlib is seriously lacking, at least the last time I looked at it, you couldn't even read a file without java.io.

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The_rationalist5y ago

You can and you should use Java libs where appropriate. It's always nice to have pure idiomatic Kotlin but calling Java from Kotlin is already idiomatic.

As for multi platform io they are working on it https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-io

vips7LOP5y ago

But the discussion was about Kotlin AOT. Not kotlin JVM.

The_rationalist5y ago

Right but using graal native instead of kotlin native you can have kotlin calling Java code and compiling to a binary

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0 pointsvips7L5y ago0 comments

Kotlins stdlib is seriously lacking, at least the last time I looked at it, you couldn't even read a file without java.io.

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The_rationalist5y ago

You can and you should use Java libs where appropriate. It's always nice to have pure idiomatic Kotlin but calling Java from Kotlin is already idiomatic.

As for multi platform io they are working on it https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-io

vips7LOP5y ago

But the discussion was about Kotlin AOT. Not kotlin JVM.

The_rationalist5y ago

Right but using graal native instead of kotlin native you can have kotlin calling Java code and compiling to a binary

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse