I started a new project:
that aims to enhance the functionality of Kotlin for scientific programming.
The approach is to have a customised Kotlin interactive shell (currently it is not specialized) and then:
a. extend its classpath to include the scientific staff, i.e. :dependsOn KotlinLab.jar
b. provide a DSL with MATLAB like features, i.e. :load kotlinSci.kt
Then we can have a rich environment of scientific libraries, accessed easily with the elaborate tab completion features of the ki-shell:, i.e.
var x = vrand(5000) // create a vector of random numbers
plot(x) // plot it