What effects does the version of the jvm you targe...
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Hullaballoonatic
07/09/2019, 10:34 PMWhat effects does the version of the jvm you target have on kotlin code? I've never written kotlin/jvm that isn't targetting 1.8
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Mike
07/10/2019, 12:56 PMOn the code you actually write, none. There are minor additions going from 6->7 and 7->8, hence the 2 additional libraries.
At runtime, you get any advantages of the newer JVM. Secuirty patches, better performance, less memory, and any other optimizations that may have taken place.
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karelpeeters
07/13/2019, 2:00 PMhttps://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/faq.html#does-kotlin-only-target-java-6
More optimal byte code may be generated for higher versions of the platform.
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