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Won't have to learn GoLang or Elxir. Crystal on Rails!
by andrew_wc_brown 10y ago
Won't have to learn GoLang or Elxir. Crystal on Rails!
- ch4s3 10y agoI can't speak for GoLang, but Elixir isn't exactly a straight replacement for Ruby the way Crystal(more or less) is, it makes a lot different promises, and makes different assumptions. It looks familiar, but is paradigmatically quite different. If you are interested in FP, Elixir is a great way to get started. Crystal seems quite nice though.
- holydude 10y agoCrystal also is not Ruby 2.0. It just feels like Ruby the same way RubyMotion feels just like Ruby. But it is not Ruby per se. Nonetheless Crystal really looks cool!
- ch4s3 10y agoInteresting, I've really only written like 10 lines of Crystal, so I guess I should take a closer look.
- amorphid 10y agoElixir feels nothing like Ruby to me, except for some superficial similarities in the syntax.