Meanwhile in Kotlin: what happened over the last year
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Overview of recent Kotlin developments over the past year, focusing on the new K2 compiler: why Kotlin is being rewritten with K2 and the motivations for that effort. Covers language updates starting from Kotlin 1.7, developer plans for the future, and other smaller update details mentioned in the talk.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:43Kotlin in production history
- 3:09Kotlin compiler internals
- 10:18K2 compiler and benefits
- 15:17Compiler plugins evolution
- 17:25Kotlin experimental features
- 24:10Kotlin 1.7 new features
- 28:56Value classes evolution
- 35:31Kotlin 2.0 roadmap
- 38:20Summary and Q&A
