All binaries are backwards compatible , i.e. a newer compiler can read older binaries (e.g. 1.3 understands 1.0 through 1.2), Older compilers reject binaries that rely on new features (e.g. a 1.0 compiler rejects binaries that use coroutines).
Read moreHow do I downgrade my Kotlin version?
This time I helped myself with the following:
Read moreWhat is the current version of Kotlin?
Kotlin 1.6. 0 is now officially released with Stable exhaustive whens, Kover, and new memory manager for Kotlin/Native!
Read moreDoes Kotlin support Java 17?
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 moreDoes Kotlin support Java 17?
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 moreDoes Kotlin support Java 16?
The JDK 16 release includes plans to stabilize a new Java class type called record. To provide all the benefits of Kotlin and maintain its interoperability with Java, Kotlin is introducing experimental record class support .
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