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We’ve been working on a new frontend for the Kotlin compiler (code-named “K2”) for quite a while. The new frontend is already available for preview – we’re continually polishing and stabilizing it and plan to make it the default compiler frontend in a future Kotlin release. We’ve decided to name this future release Kotlin 2.0. Keep reading to learn more about the roadmap for the Kotlin 2.0 release, our motivation, and what to expect from it.

Back in 2020, we published our plan to rework the approach to memory management in Kotlin/Native. Now it is time to give an update on our progress and share some details about memory management design.

TL;DR: The current automatic memory management implementation in Kotlin/Native has limitations when it comes to concurrency and we are working on a replacement. Existing code will continue to work and will be supported. Read on for the full story. A bit of history Kotlin/Native is designed to be th…

We are happy to announce that JetBrains is partnering with Codeforces to promote Kotlin in the competitive programming community, as well as to give the Kotlin community a platform to compare and hone their algorithmic programming skills. Together, we are launching a series of programming contests c…