Kotlin had it since 1.0, it's just called `when` instead of `match`.
replyThat’s just fancy switch statement.
replyKotlin does not have inline destructuring in pattern matching.
replyPattern matching with only positional destructuring is a bad feature. I've written enough Scala to say this with confidence.
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replyKotlin has always had smart-casting in if and when (sort of switch) expressions, which are strictly more powerful than the current version of Java "pattern matching". Both don't do de-structuring which I would consider a basic requirement for pattern matching, but at least Kotlin didn't call it pattern matching.
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