Kotlin: Quick Start on command line
This post describes how to start Kotlin on command line. https://kotlinlang.org/docs/command-line.html What is Kotlin? Kotlin is a programming language running on JVM. It is becoming popular to implement Android apps. https://kotlinlang.org/ Install If you have not installed SDKMAN, see https://web-quickstart.blogspot.com/2021/04/sdkman-quick-start.html % sdk install kotlin ... % kotlin -version Kotlin version 1.4.31-release-344 (JRE 11.0.10+9) hello world % cat hello.kt fun main() { println("Hello, World!") } % kotlinc hello.kt HelloKt.class is created % java HelloKt Hello, World! hello world (mix Java code) The following code shows the compatibility and difference between Kotlin vs Java. Note that you probably should not mix them on production code. % cat hello.kt fun main() { println("Hello, World!") System.out.println("Java Way"); } % kotlinc hello.kt % java HelloKt Hello, World! Java Way