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Sam Johnson
Jan 24, 2018 · 6 min read
Years ago a number of developers had the collective thought experiment “what if we took Ruby-like
syntax and wrote a fast-as-C, general-purpose, typed language that (like C/C++) compiles to native
binaries on any platform but keeps high level goodies like a rich standard library, full fibers support,
etc?” Fast forward a few years and this dream has manifested itself in the Crystal programming
language.
In the following article I will make the case for why Crystal — rather than the likes of JavaScript,
Elixir, Rust, Ruby, Python, or Go — is the most exciting and promising programming language in
recent history.
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Sam Johnson
CTO, BlockVue Inc.
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