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I have a question. Why was ` as ` chosen for “hard” casting and ` as? ` for “optional” casting. I won't say that it forces me but I tend instinctively to use ` as ` more often because it feels more “natural”, maybe because I am used to one casting option from Java . Nevertheless I would prefer Kotlin to have something in the Swift direction, that would be in Kotlin I guess ` as!! ` . It express the fallibility more directly and is clearer to new comers and code readers as it uses the same concept as hard optional unwrapping ( ` !! ` ) that Kotlin already has.