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I have some Crystal running in production. It'll be going away -- rewritten in Rust. Crystal has been great, and I really like the way it started going, but...
by deedubaya 9y ago
I have some Crystal running in production.
It'll be going away -- rewritten in Rust. Crystal has been great, and I really like the way it started going, but...
Development of the core language seems to have died off -- either through lack of updates and communication like you've mentioned or development. Regardless, the core team doesn't inspire me enough to take a chance on the language any more -- I've lost hope for a 1.0 release any time in the near future. I'll be killing off my BountySource[0] recurring donation as well.
There was/is so much potential in Crystal -- it really is great (joy to write, performant) -- but without real sponsorship/leadership, it just seems to be floundering. I hope I'm wrong and these are just growing pains!
[0] https://salt.bountysource.com/teams/crystal-lang https://salt.bountysource.com/teams/crystal-lang
- RX14 9y agoIt'd be great if you could stick around for just a few more months. As a core team member external to Manas, I know how frustrating developing Crystal has been recently but I'm hopeful it'll pick up again in the next few months. Check my top-level comment.
- deedubaya 9y agoYou're awesome. Thanks for the honest insight -- really, that's so much better than the general silence we've been seeing. A regular "State of Crystal-lang" blog post would be sufficient for me to hang on. Even if the posts might be "haven't done much. this is what we'd like to work on next, these are the roadblocks, etc. you can help by doing XYZ".
- RX14 9y agoNo, you're awesome. Looks like we can probably do at least one blog post a month, we'll discuss it internally.