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Then you would've needed to package a JVM or a JavaScript engine, making the app distribution a whole lotta different deal.



Kotlin doesn't just run on the JVM - it can compile to native binaries with Kotlin Native. It compiles to WASM and JS too.


At the time of Flutter development it couldn't do any of those things.


Thats a good point, I tend to forget how long Flutter has been around.




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