[dragonwriter]

> Kinda suprised when I see title like that on HN that not so many people are talking about Crystal

There is a dedicated contingent promoting Crystal in every thread about Ruby. Don't really know that we need any more (better, perhaps, but not more.)

> Basically Ruby with C performances.

Well, vaguely Ruby-ish syntax, without the dynamic features or ecosystem, and with a static type system.

> So far I’ve been more convinced by Crystal than Elixir as the next language for a Ruby developer.

Not sure what that has the do with the subject here, which has nothing to do with either Elixir or the next language for a Ruby developer.

Language (or tool) evangelism with no connection to be thread beyond offering an alternative to a language mentioned in the thread is basically a uniquely geeky form of threadcrapping, and its really not any better than any other threadcrapping.