I do not agree that it "has completely different semantics". It has far more in common than not. Its close enough that I, as a long time Ruby developer, had no

I do not agree that it "has completely different semantics". It has far more in common than not. Its close enough that I, as a long time Ruby developer, had no issues being productive with it in a very short amount of time. The syntax and API are similar enough that most Rubyists are going to be very happy and comfortable. Then when they see the benchmarks they will be even happier!