xcss Crystal

I'm continuing this project in Rust here.

This was my first play with Crystal, so I'm keeping this repo for posterity.

On Crystal and Rust

I am personally more interested in Rust as I find the ML style type system extremely appealing, the lack of a GC opens the door to realtime programming, something I cannot do with the languages I am currently comfortable with. Additionally the functional influence and lack of traditional OOP make it a little closer to the functional style I normally opt for.

On the flip side I found Crystal was remarkably easy to pick up and be productive with, something Rust really stuggles with. I would feel more comfortable introducing Crystal to a team with deadlines and a range of skill levels than I would Rust.

Both languages have excellent tooling (including code formatters!) that I thoroughly enjoyed using.

Overall I thought Crystal was quite a nice alternative to Ruby or perhaps Go, and I'd certainly consider using it for some tasks in a profession capacity.