kotlin-native

I learned that Kotlin has a native compiler: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native does this mean end user can run without JRE? Does Java proper have something similar?

Possibly! In the mean time, there are already some Torch bindings for Kotlin/Native: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/tree/master/sampl... If you’re more interested in the type-safety, you might also check out Hasktorch: https://github.com/hasktorch/hasktorch

Not to be confused with https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native — this is the Java version compiled with Excelsior JET, a proprietary AOT Java compiler thing.

Kotlin Native is not far - the repo already has a lot of sample apps that you can run today. https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/tree/master/sampl... KotlinConf app in ios was in production release on Kotlin/Native - https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlinconf-app -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kotlinconf/id1299196584?mt=8 Do note that this is without the weight of Google's support behind it. I'm not quite sure why you say its far-far in the future. Given Flutter's own maturity, I dont see them being very differently placed in terms of production readiness - https://flutter.io/faq/#should-i-build-my-next-production-ap... Kotlin is a perfect bridge - works brilliantly on the JVM, works brilliantly natively, everyone loves it, simple migration path from Android -> Fuchsia

I really hope this release means https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native will get brought onto the express lane! It's either Kotlin or Swift that will go full cross platform for end user applications (JS/Android/iOS) and Kotlin right now has the advantage! (Swift doesn't officially support the Web story.)

See the answer for the 2nd comment: Memory management is cooperating with Objectve-C runtime memory mgmt, see https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/blob/master/runti... (function runDeallocationHooks())

It's not production ready yet, but Kotlin Native is probably the way to go for iOS support. https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native

Yes, it's called Kotlin Native: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native Kotlin right now is a serious competitor for a full stack, any device language. An alternative may be F# which has Fable for Browser, Xamarin (mobile) and .net core for server. But Kotlin looks more integrated to me. Coming from a C#/F# background, Kotlin is really a joy to use.

Just checked and saw this: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native So Kotlin Native may be another good reason, once it is stable.

Kotlin? 1. OOP: https://www.packtpub.com/mapt/book/application_development/9... 2. FP: https://blog.plan99.net/kotlin-fp-3bf63a17d64a 3. Concurrency: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/coroutines.html 4. Native: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native 5. Simple: https://try.kotlinlang.org/

Kotlin! :) Which incidentally added coroutines and async/await in the recently released version 1.1. Server-side (running on the JVM): http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/server-overview.html Compiling to JavaScript for the client side: http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/js-overview.html ...and for the Android client, compiling to Java bytecode, using the regular Java-based Android APIs and SDK: http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/android-overview.html For iOS and other targets where you don't want the Java or JS runtimes, native compilation via LLVM is in the works: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/