Clarified documentation for kotlin compilation with maven plugin #4529
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The documentation for compilation of Kotlin projects along with Java code via Maven plugin is a bit obscure. The technique that is used is actually quite sophisticated, and it is not clear for an average reader why it works, why disabling native executions and re-declaring them, and why it is important to have kotlin plugin before maven compiler plugin.
To address this, I've contributed the detailed explanation about what is going on and why it works.