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Kotlin ticks all of your boxes, plus you benefit from the vast ecosystem of the JVM.

• richbell 3y ago
  It's unfortunate that Kotlin lacks pattern matching, especially now that Java has it. I can only hope that the release of the new compiler will spur further language features.
  • simonkagedal 3y ago
    What kinds of pattern matching that Java now has is Kotlin missing?
    • richbell 3y ago
      At the moment Kotlin only has smart casts and exhaustive type checking (e.g., making sure you didn't forget a switch case). It doesn't let you destructure records, add guards to cases, etc. https://www.infoq.com/articles/pattern-matching-for-switch/ https://www.infoq.com/articles/pattern-matching-for-switch/