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Does it have any benefit in particular over lua/luaJIT?

• rogerdpack 10y ago
  probably the ruby syntax (built-in regular expressions) and whatever else. I'm not sure on easy embeddability as well.
• untothebreach 10y ago
  off the top of my head, I would say it's similarity to Ruby means that Ruby devs would have an easier time learning the language than learning an entirely new one. Crystal also seems to have an extensive standard lib, which lua does not. (that's not a criticism of lua, just an observation. I know luarocks has made the lack of a large stdlib much less of a pain point for lua)