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Crystal

programming language
Place programming_language Q21921428

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
programming language, object-based language[2]
Inception
2014
Official website
crystal-lang.org
Copyright license
Apache Software License 2.0[5]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Developer
Ary Borenzweig, Manas Technology Solutions[3][4]
Different from
CRYSTAL
File extension
cr
Influenced by
Ruby, C, C#, Python, Go, Rust
Media type
text/x-crystal
Operating system
macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, WebAssembly[6][7][8][9][10]
Platform
IA-32, x86-64, AArch64, Web Assembly
Programming paradigm
object-oriented programming, multi-paradigm programming, concurrent computing
Software version identifier
0.24.1, 0.25.0, 0.24.2, 0.23.1, 0.23.0, 0.22.0, 0.21.1, 0.21.0, 0.20.5, 0.20.4, 0.20.3, 0.20.1, 0.20.0, 0.19.4, 0.19.3, 0.19.2, 0.19.1, 0.19.0, 0.18.7, 0.18.6, 0.18.4, 0.18.2, 0.18.0, 0.17.4, 0.17.3, 0.17.2, 0.17.1, 0.17.0, 0.16.0, 0.15.0, 0.14.2, 0.14.1, 0.14.0, 0.13.0, 0.12.0, 0.11.1, 0.11.0, 0.10.2, 0.10.1, 0.10.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.0, 0.7.7, 0.7.6, 0.7.5, 0.7.4, 0.7.3, 0.7.2, 0.7.1, 0.7.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.0, 0.5.10, 0.5.9, 0.5.8, 0.5.7, 0.5.6, 0.5.5, 0.5.4, 0.5.3, 0.5.2, 0.5.1, 0.5.0, 0.25.1, 0.26.0, 0.26.1, 0.27.0, 0.27.1, 0.27.2, 0.28.0, 0.29.0, 0.30.0, 0.30.1, 0.31.0, 0.31.1, 0.32.0, 0.32.1, 0.33.0, 0.34.0, 0.35.0, 0.35.1, 0.36.0, 0.36.1, 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.0, 1.3.2, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.9.2, 1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.13.0, 1.13.1, 1.13.2, 1.13.3, 1.14.0, 1.14.1, 1.15.0, 1.15.1, 1.16.0, 1.16.1, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 1.17.0, 1.17.1, 1.18.0, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.19.1, 1.19.0, 1.20.0, 1.19.2, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.21.0, 1.21.1, 1.22.0, 1.22.1, 1.22.2[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Typing discipline
duck typing, static typing, inference typing, nominative typing
🏷️ Also known as
en Crystal Language en Crystal en Crystal Lang ar كريستال (لغة برمجة) ru crystal ru Кристал th ภาษาคริสตัล
🔖 Identifiers · 23
GND ID
1249865603
OpenAlex ID
C2781285689
AUR package
crystal-git
AlternativeTo software ID
crystal-programming-language
Arch Linux package
crystal
ArchWiki article
Crystal, Crystal_(Español)
FreeBSD port
lang/crystal
Gentoo package
dev-lang/crystal
GitHub account
crystal-lang
GitHub topic
crystal, crystallang
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bxfy42m1
Homebrew formula name
crystal
Show all 23 identifiers +11
IRC channel URL
ircs://irc.libera.chat/#crystal-lang
Lemmy community ID
crystal@programming.dev
MacPorts port
crystal
Official blog URL
crystal-lang.org
Official demo URL
play.crystal-lang.org
Official forum URL
forum.crystal-lang.org
OpenBSD port
lang/crystal
Repology project name
crystal-lang
SlackBuilds package
development/crystal-lang
Source code repository URL
github.com
User manual URL
crystal-lang.org

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🔗 Connections
Operating system 5
Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, WebAssembly
Typing discipline 4
duck typing, inference typing, nominative typing, static typing
Influenced by 3
Python, Go, Rust
Instance of 2
programming language, object-based language
Platform 2
IA-32, AArch64
Programming paradigm 2
object-oriented programming, concurrent computing
← Programmed in 2
Invidious, Lilith
Copyright license 1
Apache Software License 2.0
Developer 1
Ary Borenzweig
Different from 1
CRYSTAL
← Different from 1
CRYSTAL
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Summary

Crystal is a programming language[1].

Related Entities

Ary Borenzweig FreeBSD Go Lilith Linux macOS object-based language OpenBSD programming language Python Rust WebAssembly

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