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Assume mainstream adoption as used by around 7% of all github projects

Personally, I'd like to see Nim get that growth.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What could be the "killer app" for Crystal is an equivalent of Rails, since its syntax attempts to be very similar to Ruby. Even supposing it maintains all of Rails' inefficiencies, if it "just works" and has a very small learning curve for RoR veterans, adoption could grow steadily