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Crystal (programming language) vs Erlang

A side-by-side look at Crystal (programming language) and Erlang. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Crystal (programming language)

Crystal (programming language)

Development

Crystal is a compiled, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language with a syntax similar to Ruby. It has static type checking, bindings to C libraries, and claims to have performance comparable to statically typed languages like C++ and Go.

compiledgeneralpurposeobjectorientedstatic-typingbindings-to-c-librariesperformance
Erlang

Erlang

Development

Erlang is a general-purpose, concurrent, functional programming language known for its high availability, distribution, fault tolerance and soft real-time capabilities. It was originally developed by Ericsson for telecom applications.

functionalconcurrenttelecommunications