Care to elaborate? This sounds interesting

Kotlin is a real brand of ketchup. Google it

Oh shit 😄

It's also a place in Poland: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kotlin,+Poland/

And a battleship

I think the language is named after the island? Because Java is also named after an island and Jetbrains HQ is in Saint Peterburg

Yes, it's named for that island in St Petersburg's harbor. 😀

Java is also a term for coffee in most English speaking places. Words get re-used... As long as its not confusing to consumers, it's not really a problem. No one is going to think the ketchup company decided to create a programming language, and no one is going to think that Jetbrains has started making ketchup, will they?

@Mike what are you talking about? Kotlin is only a ketchup brand and will never be anything else

Fun fact: the name of the ketchup comes from the name of that place in Poland 😉

@Hamza I hope you're just joking around... Where I'm from, Heinz is the premiere ketchup brand. No such thing as a ketchup called Kotlin here.

im just joking haha

Good 😉. I read the article, but that comment hadn't stuck in my mind. It is interesting how we all have certain associations based on where we grew up, and now that we're more global, they start to 'clash'.

Is there a place to actually buy these ? I could see meetups/#KotlinEverywhere events serve Kotlin-flavoured hot dogs 🌭

It is interesting how we all have certain associations based on where we grew up

If you're Slav, you program in Kotlin

Actually though. How popular is kotlin in Russia?

Some comparison ^ https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=RU&q=%2Fm%2F0_lcrx4,Scala

You used Scala as search term, not as a programming language. It should be: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=RU&q=%2Fm%2F0_lcrx4,%2Fm%2F091hdj

interestingly, the search term kotlin ismore popular than the search term programming

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