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Crystal
A dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications. Leverages the Erlang VM, known for the running low-latency, distributed and fault-tolerant systems, while also being successfully used in web development and the embedded software domain.
| First released | 2014 |
| Developed by | Ary Borenszweig |
| Open-source | Yes |
| Used by | Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
Interesting facts
Crystal’s syntax is inspired by the Ruby programming language.
