managarm VS crystal

managarm is pretty clean from what I remember.

Somewhat related, Managarm[0] also attempts to be Linux compatible, but has a microkernel, multiserver design.

0. https://github.com/managarm/managarm

Neat idea. There is some research done on fully async OSes like https://github.com/managarm/managarm

If you haven't already, I'd hang out with the Managarm crew. Prety friendly, and what they're doing with C++ and async is very cool!

But well, maybe you should look at Managarm.

You can find more information on the project on our github page here. It is mostly a hobby project, so me and the other developers like to work on it in our free time.

Not hosted on rust-osdev but the Managarm project (an OS that focuses on async and that is primarily written in C++ so far) recently gained a rustc port and ports of some basic utilities written in Rust (ripgrep, exa). Support for Rust drivers is in the works (but still requires adding support for some libraries first that wrap the low-level system call interface).

If you have never seen an async OS, then you must’ve missed Managarm, a fully asynchronous operating system written in c++20. It’s a cool thing to check out, runs on x86_64 (a port to a raspberry pi4 is in progress) and has an extensive userland with various Linux applications running on a custom written libc. In case you’re curious, the repo can be found here: https://github.com/managarm/managarm

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).