Ask HN: New Programming Language?

Re:Ask HN: New Programming Language? by _wldu on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:28AM (#29906682)

If someone would combine the syntax of Ruby (it's fun to read and write) with the performance and static binaries of Go, I think it would be very popular.

I would like to enjoy writing Go as much as I enjoy writing Ruby. But Ruby apps are slow and hard to deploy. Combining their strengths would be great IMHO.

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Re:Ask HN: New Programming Language? by mrpadie on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:35AM (#29906772)

I believe this is what Crystal [0] is trying to achieve. Though I’ve hardly used Ruby or Crystal, so can’t say how well it’s fairing on that goal.

[0] https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal

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Re:Ask HN: New Programming Language? by alectroem on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:31AM (#29906720)

Have you heard of https://crystal-lang.org/ ? I've never used it personally, but it seems to be "statically compiled Ruby syntax"

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Re:Ask HN: New Programming Language? by _wldu on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:51AM (#29907028)

Thanks for the links everyone. I wasn't aware of Crystal. I'll check it out.

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Re:Ask HN: New Programming Language? by princevegeta89 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:30AM (#29906717)

Are you talking about Crystal? (Minus the binary part)

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