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Discussion on: We created the Crystal language, ask us anything!

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Ragmaanir
  • How many people are working on crystal? How much time do they spend?
  • What are in your opinion currently the biggest problems with crystal?
  • How can others support the project?
  • What are the next three big obstacles you want to tackle / goals to achieve?
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Nico

In the Manas.Tech team there are around 5 or 6 devs pretty involved, but their dedication fluctuates. We try to spend at least 2 or 3 times the amount of hours funded by through Bountysource, but some months we accumulate budget in order to have longer sprints. On top of that there are 3 other core team members outside Manas.Tech that spend time depending on their personal circumstances. The same goes for the larger community.

The main non-technical challenge right now is finding a sustainable way to fund (at least partially) the effort to complete 1.0. You can help by spreading the word and/or chipping in.

The main technical goals for 1.0 are multi-threading, better debugging tools, modules and generics.