# Hi everyone

**URL:** <https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/hi-everyone/380>\
**Category:** Introductions\
**Created:** [February 4, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/hi-everyone/380 "2019-02-04T16:44:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![stronny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/stronny/32/228_2.png) [@stronny](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/stronny)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/hi-everyone/380/1 "2019-02-04T16:44:45Z")

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I’m an old sysadmin, but I do write code now and again. What I find in crystal is the way to run the native code mostly without the pain of manual memory management, weird syntax or verbose boring boilerplate. I think it’s brilliant, however a couple of the core team priorities I somewhat disagree with, but that’s just my opinion.

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**Author:** ![girng](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/girng/32/127_2.png) [@girng](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/girng)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/hi-everyone/380/2 "2019-02-04T18:37:13Z")

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Welcome to the forum! =]