Re:Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal
by shakna on Monday December 23, 2019 @11:03AM
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> I think they meant younger.
The "even OCaml" is what threw me. Still not quite sure if they meant older or younger from it.
> But, yeah, besides the syntax familiarity for Ruby programmers it doesn't seem offer much that the others do.
A familiar syntax is a huge benefit in a lot of contexts. There's plenty of Ruby-only shops around the world. Making a faster and statically-typed language accessible to them is a decent niche.
Crystal isn't quite Ruby. It has type guarantees that Ruby doesn't, which makes it easier to maintain. The async and parallel stories are also immensely better in Crystal than Ruby.
The "Nil is a compile-time error" is also a feature I highly appreciate.
The "even OCaml" is what threw me. Still not quite sure if they meant older or younger from it.
> But, yeah, besides the syntax familiarity for Ruby programmers it doesn't seem offer much that the others do.
A familiar syntax is a huge benefit in a lot of contexts. There's plenty of Ruby-only shops around the world. Making a faster and statically-typed language accessible to them is a decent niche.
Crystal isn't quite Ruby. It has type guarantees that Ruby doesn't, which makes it easier to maintain. The async and parallel stories are also immensely better in Crystal than Ruby.
The "Nil is a compile-time error" is also a feature I highly appreciate.