Once you get used to the type notation - which is far better than any of the ones I've seen bolted on to Ruby - it really is a breeze getting stuff done in Crys

Once you get used to the type notation - which is far better than any of the ones I've seen bolted on to Ruby - it really is a breeze getting stuff done in Crystal compared to Ruby. The only downside I've encountered so far is, as with any newer language, the number of 3rd party libraries available, but I think this is balanced by the easier availability of C libraries (far easier to use than for Ruby) and considerations like portability and speed etc. Now, I pick Crystal before Ruby where possible, which is the vast majority of the time.