:loudspeaker: The Kotlin 1.9.20 release is out, th...

# announcements

[Maria Krishtal]

📢 The Kotlin 1.9.20 release is out, the K2 compiler for all the targets is now in Beta, and Kotlin Multiplatform is now Stable.

The release highlights include:

✅ K2 is now in Beta for all the targets
✅ Stable Kotlin Multiplatform
✅ New default hierarchy template for setting up multiplatform projects
✅ Full support for the Gradle configuration cache in Kotlin Multiplatform
✅ Custom memory allocator enabled by default in Kotlin/Native
✅ Performance improvements for the garbage collector in Kotlin/Native
✅ New target for Kotlin/Wasm – wasm-wasi, support for the latest Wasm GC
✅ Support for the WASI API in the standard library for Kotlin/Wasm

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[David Rodrigues]

I'm new to Kotlin development, and I do it just as a hobby. I'm curious about K2, what would it be exactly? Can I use it to compile plugins for JetBrains, or is it for another purpose? Does it improve performance or something like that?

[Jeff Lockhart]

@David Rodrigues K2 is the new frontend for the Kotlin compiler. You can read more about it here.