Crystal (programming language): Difference between revisions

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Work on the language began in June 2011,<ref name="story"/> with the aim of merging the elegance and productivity of Ruby with the speed, efficiency, and type safety of a compiled language.<ref name="why_crystal"/><ref name="story"/> Initially named ''Joy'', it was quickly renamed to ''Crystal''.<ref name="story"/>

The Crystal compiler was first written in Ruby, but later rewritten in Crystal, thus becoming [[Self-hosting (compilers)|self-hosting]], {{as of |November 2013|lc=true}}.<ref name="goodbye_ruby"/> The first official version was released in June 2014.<ref name="rel_0.1.0"/> In July 2016, Crystal joined the [[TIOBE index]].

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