anyway don't ever use hybrid language engines, folks

it's bad

@vahnj Kotlin: "What if we designed a functional language from the ground up that used the JVM?"

Me, a developer: "What if we ran screaming with our fur on fire off a cliff? That sounds less dangerous."

@Fuego @vahnj Because JetBrains, the company that built Kotlin, is the company that makes IntelliJ and has sold parts of small children to make a better Java IDE than Eclipse. Their hearts are already stained.

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