KEYNOTE: Kotlin/Native – Embracing existing ecosystems

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Kotlin/Native compiles Kotlin to LLVM bitcode, interoperates with C, Objective‑C and Swift using the cinterop tool, and shows memory handled by automatic reference counting plus cycle collectors so pure Kotlin code doesn’t need manual frees. Examples include compiling a C library and calling it from Kotlin, porting libraries like libcurl, and shipping iOS and Android apps built in Kotlin (one iOS app passed App Store review). Tooling includes a Kotlin front end shared with JVM/JS, CN targets, AppCode support and a move toward Gradle.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Kotlin
2. 1:13Why Kotlin was created
3. 2:53Pragmatism and clean code
4. 4:48Kotlin native and platforms
5. 6:53Live coding: hello world
6. 8:36Kotlin syntax basics
7. 11:20Classes and hierarchies
8. 14:21Functional features
9. 17:16Type inference and nulls
10. 19:47Expressions and control flow
11. 22:11Smart casting and safety
12. 25:28Interoperability challenges
13. 28:08Extension functions
14. 31:21Higher-order functions
15. 34:17Creating DSLs
16. 41:12Kotlin Native architecture
17. 43:40Native memory management
18. 44:49Native interoperability
19. 46:31Native code demo
20. 50:27Summary and future

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