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I've spent a number of years using ruby and I got super excited about the potential of Crystal about a year ago. The notion that I can use a Ruby-like syntax and ship a binary to deploy my web apps was killer. But, a year ago the language was a bit rough, and to some extent, it still is. The team behind it is open about their goals and it blows me away with how much changes on a daily basis for a team of their size. Hopefully, the crystal team can set out to complete what they set their sights on for 2017[1]. That would really round out the feature set for a 1.0 release.

I think what I like the most is the community is willing to help you out. Although, nowadays a strong community is what makes or breaks a language.

[1] https://crystal-lang.org/2016/12/29/crystal-new-year-resolut...