It looks and writes similarly; some simple/small things will work in both - the std lib is very similar. However, it's statically typed (though, mostly/partital

It looks and writes similarly; some simple/small things will work in both - the std lib is very similar. However, it's statically typed (though, mostly/partitally interfered; aka sometimes you don't need to specify), and complied. If you love ruby, you should def check it out as it's super fast, and the learning curve is imho low.