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<https://jelmini.dev/post/from-java-to-kotlin-life-without-static/>

even years after, the syntax of `companion object` still looks out of place and orthogonal to Kotlin's spirit.

Scala's approach is similar, so I suspect that's what the Kotlin devs are 'copying'. Personally, I really like the separation of object functions from class functions, and don't find I need `companion object` much anyway. Either use top-level functions or Extension functions for most things.

But everyone has their own tastes, and things they will adapt to...