Kotlin 1.1. 2 now requires Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 . “Most other Java development tools such as Gradle and the Android toolchain also require JDK 8, so you almost certainly already have it installed,” said Dmitry Jemerov, a principal engineer at JetBrains.
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The latest long-term support release of standard Java features always-strict floating point semantics, a foreign function and memory API, a uniform API for pseudo random number generators , and much more. Java 17, a new long-term support (LTS) release of standard Java, is now available for production use.
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Kotlin lets you choose the version of JVM for execution. By default, the Kotlin/JVM compiler produces Java 8 compatible bytecode. If you want to make use of optimizations available in newer versions of Java, you can explicitly specify the target Java version from 9 to 17 .
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Kotlin lets you choose the version of JVM for execution. By default, the Kotlin/JVM compiler produces Java 8 compatible bytecode. If you want to make use of optimizations available in newer versions of Java, you can explicitly specify the target Java version from 9 to 17 .
Read moreIs Kotlin 1.4 backwards compatible?
Compatibility. Note that Kotlin 1.4 is not backward-compatible with 1.3 in some corner cases. All such cases were carefully reviewed by the language committee and will be listed in the “compatibility guide” (similar to this one).
Read moreWhat is latest version of Kotlin?
On 7 May 2019, Google announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers. … Kotlin (programming language) Stable release1.6.10 / 14 December 2021Preview release1.6.20-M1 / February 8, 2022Typing disciplineInferred, static, strongInfluenced byKotlin (programming language) – Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kotlin_(programming_language)
Read moreWhat is latest version of Kotlin?
On 7 May 2019, Google announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers. … Kotlin (programming language) Stable release1.6.10 / 14 December 2021Preview release1.6.20-M1 / February 8, 2022Typing disciplineInferred, static, strongInfluenced byKotlin (programming language) – Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kotlin_(programming_language)
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