# Blog Post: To Learn a New Language, Read Its Standard Library

**URL:** <https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/blog-post-to-learn-a-new-language-read-its-standard-library/4000>\
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**Created:** [October 25, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/blog-post-to-learn-a-new-language-read-its-standard-library/4000 "2021-10-25T19:26:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![straight-shoota](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/straight-shoota/32/36_2.png) [@straight-shoota](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/straight-shoota)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/blog-post-to-learn-a-new-language-read-its-standard-library/4000/1 "2021-10-25T19:26:36Z")

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An article about Crystal as an example for learning a language by reading its standard library

[http://patshaughnessy.net/2021/10/23/to-learn-a-new-language-read-its-standard-library](http://patshaughnessy.net/2021/10/23/to-learn-a-new-language-read-its-standard-library)

It also sparked quite a discussion on Hacker News, although less about Crystal:  
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28975453](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28975453)