At least with Kotlin, when Java9 comes out, I can ...

# random

[janvladimirmostert]

At least with Kotlin, when Java9 comes out, I can just continue to use the same Kotlin syntax, whether I run it on Java6,7,8 or 9. It’s almost like what transpilers does, only the end result is byte code and not Java code - maybe that’s a better word than syntax sugar.