Well, all improvements to the JVM and the platform as a whole will ultimately also benefit Kotlin developers. The difference between Java and Kotlin is primarily syntactical, and none of the mentioned changes are exclusively Java syntax based. So we all profit from them, Java or Kotlin alike.
I strongly believe that future of Java development is switching to Kotlin, but hey, do not take offense :)
Well, all improvements to the JVM and the platform as a whole will ultimately also benefit Kotlin developers. The difference between Java and Kotlin is primarily syntactical, and none of the mentioned changes are exclusively Java syntax based. So we all profit from them, Java or Kotlin alike.
100% agree.