Kotlin Native: Architecture, Compilation, Memory Layout, Interoperability, and Future Outlook
Kotlin Native compiles Kotlin code to native binaries via an IR‑to‑LLVM pipeline, provides C/C++‑compatible memory layout, garbage‑collected runtime, and rich interop with C, C++, Objective‑C/Swift, while facing tooling and value‑type challenges that are being addressed through ongoing performance and language enhancements.