Hi, I’m somewhat new to Kotlin programming and so far it’s becoming my favorite language. I was browsing some Kotlin projects when I found Komac, which recently switched to the Multiplatform target from only having the JVM target.
As far as I know, JVM can also run on all platforms without the use of minGW except for iOS but I don’t have a developer certificate or incentive to work beyond CMD scripts so far, so is there an advantage for Kotlin Multiplatform?
JVM can run on any platform that supports Java, as you’re building Kotlin directly into Java bytecode.
Multiplatform is for building native applications while using a single backend logic. You’ll have to write separate handlers for everything unique to the platform, according to documentation.
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JVM can run on any platform that supports Java, as you’re building Kotlin directly into Java bytecode.
Multiplatform is for building native applications while using a single backend logic. You’ll have to write separate handlers for everything unique to the platform, according to documentation.