Qodem VS Crystal (programming language)

There's also apparently a qmodem clone called Qodem: Https://qodem.sourceforge.net/. Source: over 1 year ago

For extra nostalgia, there's an open-source clone of Qmodem called Qodem that can connect to modern BBSes via telnet. Source: over 2 years ago

But nothing will ever compare to Turbo C++ 3.x and 8086 assembly language. C89 for life. Source: over 2 years ago

Java and C. But probably going to learn Rust and JavaScript next year. Source: over 2 years ago

I wrote a ncurses-based terminal emulator because I really needed it. Don't use that much anymore though, my career changed a bit. Source: over 2 years ago

I like the first code example on https://crystal-lang.org

    # A very basic HTTP server.

- Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

If you're interested, take a look at Crystal (https://crystal-lang.org/)! - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

Obviously as an interpreted language, it's never going to be as fast as something like C, Rust, or Go. Traditionally the ruby maintainers have not designed or optimized for pure speed, but that is changing, and the language is definitely faster these days compared to a decade ago. If you like the ruby syntax/language but want the speed of a compiled language, it's also worth checking out Crystal[^1]. It's mostly... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Crystal is a nice language that's not only simple to read and write but performs very well too. And the documentation is amazing as well. Source: 5 months ago

Ruby is a super fun scripting language. I much prefer it to python when I need something with a little more "ooomph" than bash. It's just...nice...to write in. Ruby performance has come a long way in the last decade as well. There's libraries for pretty much everything. My modern programming toolkit is basically golang + ruby + bash and I am never left wanting. I do find Crystal (https://crystal-lang.org/) really... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago