KOTLIN IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, A BRAND OF KETCHUP...
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Hamza
07/25/2019, 12:22 PMKOTLIN IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, A BRAND OF KETCHUP. IT IS NOT A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
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Big Chungus
07/25/2019, 12:47 PMCare to elaborate? This sounds interesting
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Stephan Schroeder
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Hamza
07/25/2019, 12:47 PMKotlin is a real brand of ketchup. Google it
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streetsofboston
07/25/2019, 12:47 PMlarge-kotlinketchuplagodny.jpg
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Big Chungus
07/25/2019, 12:47 PMOh shit 😄
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Gerard de Leeuw
07/25/2019, 12:53 PMIt's also a place in Poland: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kotlin,+Poland/
Gerard de Leeuw
07/25/2019, 12:53 PMAnd an island in Saint Petersburg: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kotlin+Island/
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Hamza
07/25/2019, 12:54 PMAnd a battleship
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Gerard de Leeuw
07/25/2019, 12:54 PMI think the language is named after the island? Because Java is also named after an island and Jetbrains HQ is in Saint Peterburg
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streetsofboston
07/25/2019, 1:01 PMYes, it's named for that island in St Petersburg's harbor. 😀
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Mike
07/25/2019, 1:12 PMJava 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?
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Hamza
07/25/2019, 1:16 PM@Mike what are you talking about? Kotlin is only a ketchup brand and will never be anything else
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pivovarit
07/25/2019, 1:17 PMFun fact: the name of the ketchup comes from the name of that place in Poland 😉
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Mike
07/25/2019, 1:18 PM@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.
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Hamza
07/25/2019, 1:21 PMim just joking haha
Hamza
07/25/2019, 1:21 PMi was making a joke of the comment in the daily wtf post
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Mike
07/25/2019, 1:23 PMGood 😉. 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'.
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mbonnin
07/25/2019, 1:54 PMIs there a place to actually buy these ? I could see meetups/#KotlinEverywhere events serve Kotlin-flavoured hot dogs 🌭
mbonnin
07/25/2019, 1:55 PM(besides going to Kotlin, PL :-))
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Marko Mitic
07/25/2019, 1:55 PMIt is interesting how we all have certain associations based on where we grew upIf you're Slav, you program in Kotlin
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Hamza
07/25/2019, 1:57 PMActually though. How popular is kotlin in Russia?
Hamza
07/25/2019, 1:57 PMI know the HQ is in saint Petersburg, but is it like huge over there?
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Uzi Landsmann
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Marko Mitic
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Uzi Landsmann
07/25/2019, 2:40 PMYou 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
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Hamza
07/25/2019, 3:03 PMinterestingly, the search term kotlin ismore popular than the search term programming
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Marko Mitic
07/25/2019, 3:09 PM🍅
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