It really ought to say "fast LIKE c" because none of the core devs actually want crystal to be used for systems programming. All they want is ruby with static

It really ought to say "fast LIKE c" because none of the core devs actually want crystal to be used for systems programming. All they want is ruby with static types, that runs fast. Those things will satisfy them alone. Intelligently written C/C++/D/Zig/Rust will always knock Crystal out of the park. :(