How is Kotlin so fast?

One way in which Kotlin can be faster than Java is inline functions . With inline functions, code using higher-order functions such as filter or map can be compiled to simple loop-based bytecode that doesn’t create any objects or use any virtual calls (unlike Java code that uses the same type of functions).20 May 2017

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How is Kotlin so fast?

One way in which Kotlin can be faster than Java is inline functions . With inline functions, code using higher-order functions such as filter or map can be compiled to simple loop-based bytecode that doesn’t create any objects or use any virtual calls (unlike Java code that uses the same type of functions).20 May 2017

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Is Kotlin preferred for Android?

Kotlin is now Google’s preferred language for Android app development . Google today announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers. … It was only two years ago, at I/O 2017, that Google announced support for Kotlin in its Android Studio IDE.

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