Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

When it comes to "Ruby-like and statically typed", Crystal is such an amazing language. I think the design is incredible, but every time I try to use it, I just hit so many issues and things that slow me down. I think it's such a cool language, but every time I try to use it I just end up switching back to Ruby.


Same! I reach for crystal when I need something that is going to perform faster than ruby, but man I get my hand slapped constantly when writing it.


Crystal could have been big if it worked really well in combination with Ruby out of the box (f.i. as an extension language).


Shout out to the crystalruby[1] project. I’ve not used crystal much myself but I love how easy it is to switch between the two.

1. https://github.com/wouterken/crystalruby


I love Crystal. It's what I wish Ruby was. If only the tooling was a bit better




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: