logoalt Hacker News

exabrialtoday at 5:07 AM3 repliesview on HN

Worth mentioning is Crystal lang: Ruby, with types!


Replies

ducktoday at 5:22 AM

Yeah, I think it would be great if this project made it clear how this compares with Crystal in terms of the syntax.

show 1 reply
pansa2today at 5:31 AM

How alike actually are Ruby and Crystal? I’ve heard the similarity is only skin-deep: similar syntax but quite different semantics.

In other words, isn’t describing Crystal as “Ruby with types” similar to describing C++ as “JavaScript with types”?

show 5 replies
nurettintoday at 7:08 AM

> Ruby, with types!

"Language with ruby-like syntax" more appropriate.