Im calling it now, I think kotlin will get a CLR b...

# random

[jkbbwr]

Im calling it now, I think kotlin will get a CLR backend in the next 12 months

[dalexander]

jkbbwr: Why do you think that? What value would it provide that wasn’t already covered by the existing/planning backends?

[jkbbwr]

Integration with the .NET stack.

[elizarov]

It has been discussed at length before: https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-on-net-platform/2142

[poohbar]

If it were up to me Microsoft could shove their whole "stack" right up where the sun don't shine.

[evanchooly]

oracle? 🧌

[poohbar]

Oracle has much less influence on the Java ecosystem than Microsoft has on the .NET ... Oracle also didn't kill RoboVM or Skype.

[evanchooly]

"where the sun don't shine" ---> oracle

[poohbar]

oh.. that went over my head haha

[evanchooly]

😄

[cedric]

The problem with .net is that its reified generics makes this kind of project difficult

[kenkyee]

I would have thought it would make it easier... .Net's genetics seem more powerful because of that

[cedric]

@kenkyee It's actually the other way around, reified platforms have a lot more downsides than erased ones. Some food for thought: http://beust.com/erasure

[kenkyee]

Interesting... That was educational. Being able to call the constructor was what I remembered being useful in C# too.

[cedric]

As I illustrate in the post, trivial to emulate with factories