@54814b2f Hmm you're right. I misremembered the part it played in allowing other languages on the JVM. Probably because Kotlin and Java 7 came out roughly the same time.
@54814b2f I'm enjoying Kotlin, but I have to venture into Java just as often, and I can say I still appreciate developments there. I once heard Brian Goetz explain InvokeDynamic in the JVM at a DevOxx congress, which was instrumental in Scala and Kotlin even existing, and for Lambda expressions, and I was impressed with how they make these feature puzzles, with Java acting as a custodian of compatibility.
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