Ichor VS crystal

More information on the async I/O can be found in the docs.

Ichor v0.2.0 has been released today: https://github.com/volt-software/Ichor/releases/tag/v0.2.0

supporting `co_await` for handling events as well as providing an example HTTP implementation showcasing `co_await`.

I've been working on and off as time permits on Ichor. It's a c++ middleware designed to take away a couple problems I had with writing large scale applications:

Kind of tooting my own horn here, but I agree with you and have therefore written my own DI-esque library, Ichor. It does support the use-case of resolve-per-graph, but does this through what Ichor calls filters. Essentially, every created dependency can have a custom filter installed that allows run-time control of which requesting entities are requesting it. The repository has some code examples for you to look at. I'm pretty (but not completely) happy with it.

I've been working on bringing C++20 to the soft-realtime domain through Ichor. I've already managed to get dynamic memory allocations to 0 by using memory allocators everywhere.

27. Crystal - $77,104

I like the first code example on https://crystal-lang.org

    # A very basic HTTP server

Obviously as an interpreted language, it's never going to be as fast as something like C, Rust, or Go. Traditionally the ruby maintainers have not designed or optimized for pure speed, but that is changing, and the language is definitely faster these days compared to a decade ago.

If you like the ruby syntax/language but want the speed of a compiled language, it's also worth checking out Crystal[^1]. It's mostly ruby-like in syntax, style, and developer ergonomics.[^2] Although it's an entirely different language. Also a tiny community.

[1]: https://crystal-lang.org/

Crystal is a nice language that's not only simple to read and write but performs very well too. And the documentation is amazing as well.

Ruby is a super fun scripting language. I much prefer it to python when I need something with a little more "ooomph" than bash. It's just...nice...to write in. Ruby performance has come a long way in the last decade as well. There's libraries for pretty much everything.

My modern programming toolkit is basically golang + ruby + bash and I am never left wanting.

I do find Crystal (https://crystal-lang.org/) really interesting and am hoping it has its own "ruby on rails" moment that helps the language reach a tipping point in popularity. All the beauty of ruby with all of the speed of Go (and then some, it often compares favorably to languages like rust in benchmarks).