Why do we need another programming language?

Evelyn Hanson CEO /Gaylord

He is now known for his work on Kotlin, and of course that affected the report – but don’t think of it as a “report about Kotlin”. It looks at general trends in languages over the decades – from Pascal to Swift. And diving into how the approach to typing has changed over time can be quite interesting for those who are not the slightest bit related to Kotlin: as it becomes evident, other modern languages are also affected by these trends.