Kotlin is a statistically typed, open-source programming language that runs on the JVM and is compatible with a number of different platforms. If a language is dynamically typed, the object type is defined at compilation rather than execution. Kotlin is fully compatible with Java, has a tiny footprint, and blends elements of object-oriented and functional programming.

These two reasons offer Kotlin a significant advantage over other recently developed languages: Due to a lack of tools and an absence of an ecosystem, the vast majority of new languages struggle to achieve widespread adoption like Kotlin.

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