The Kotlin 1.8.0 release is out and here are some of its biggest highlights:
New experimental functions for JVM: recursively copy or delete directory content
Improved kotlin-reflect performance
New -Xdebug compiler option for better debugging experience
kotlin-stdlib-jdk7 and kotlin-stdlib-jdk8 merged into kotlin-stdlib
Improved Objective-C/Swift interoperability
Compatibility with Gradle 7.3
[https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2023/01/kotlin-1-8-0-released/]