The mix of beautiful syntax and fast compiled binaries is theoretically compelling. Swift is probably the biggest competitor aesthetics wise with this combinati

The mix of beautiful syntax and fast compiled binaries is theoretically compelling. Swift is probably the biggest competitor aesthetics wise with this combination. Compiled to wasm (very early days), crystal apps are an order of magnitude smaller than swiftwasm's 4.4-7.5 MB. Both feel incomplete in their ecosystem, fear of future abandonment is real. Something like rails with server and client code in crystal would be a banger, similar to (bloated) Blazor. It would be nice if they could find a way to serialize compilation intermediates to allow incremental compilation!