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True, but on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being amazing, Kotlin is quite high, maybe an 8, and your point is only a minor nit.

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You seem very fond of Kotlin.

I hear a quite a bit about it lately, but as I haven't had the chance to play with it yet, I was wondering why would one choose it over Scala.

When doing Android development.

Kotlin has gotten official support from Google, including documentation as part of Android SDK.

I find it to be more pragmatic and easier on the eyes. It's easier to learn and also being adopted by more mainstream ecosystems like Spring, Android, Gradle, etc. IDE support is obviously top-notch as well.

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