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		cs-szazz on April 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java Is Underhyped 11,503 files, 1,431,195 lines of code. (spread out over <50 Gradle modules). I think the main problem is that Gradle doesn't have the same support as Java for ABI compatible changes, so invalidation of modules are more common.

stepbeek on April 19, 2021 [–]

This article points to ABI as an open optimization problem in kotlin:

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2020/09/the-dark-secrets-o...

I think you're right - ABI compatible changes are likely the culprit.

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