It started as sort of a faster version of Ruby, and now is going its own way. It makes sense, as Ruby is an extremely powerful yet simple language, but once you

It started as sort of a faster version of Ruby, and now is going its own way. It makes sense, as Ruby is an extremely powerful yet simple language, but once you start using it you often wonder how many more applications it could address if it was faster, which is the problem that Crystal wants to solve. Crystal is also smaller than Ruby, so it can become a suitable choice in embedded systems and generally under resources constraints.