What's the difference between Kotlin/Native and Java bytecode with compile through LLVM frontend?

Question

Kotlin have great technology for compiling to native binaries - it's based on LLVM.
But Java bytecode can compile to LLVM too - there is a java frontend for compile .class files into LLVM bitcode.
What differences, if I compile Kotlin through Kotlin Native or if I compile Kotlin to Java bytecode, and then compile bytecode to LLVM bitcode?

Marimaria

That frontend is far from being a finished, usable compiler. – Sophi

Answer 1

The answer is simple: there is no java frontend :) It was basically something proof-of-concept which never went out of experimental state.

Cosset

Anton: never say never ;) – Sophi