Crystal
Astro Arcade
Jun 4, 2022
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CommentsWhat is Crystal?
Crystal is a programming language that resembles Ruby but compiles to native code and tries to be much more efficient, at the cost of disallowing certain dynamic aspects of Ruby.
Crystal is a tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Ruby-inspired syntax.Statically type-checked but without having to specify the type of variables or method arguments.Be able to call C code by writing bindings to it in Crystal.Have compile-time evaluation and generation of code, to avoid boilerplate code.Compile to efficient native code.
Crystal Pros & Cons
Pros of Crystal
- ✓Compiles to efficient native code
- ✓Ruby inspired syntax
- ✓Performance oriented - C-like speeds
- ✓Gem-like packages, called Shards
- ✓Can call C code using Crystal bindings
- ✓Super Fast
- ✓Typed Ruby <3
- ✓Open Source
- ✓Minimal Runtime
- ✓Cute
Cons of Crystal
- ✗Small community
- ✗No windows support
- ✗No Oracle lib
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