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The Mojo Programming Language

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41 pointsulrischa13 comments

It's still not really open. Just the stdlib and examples are available. I hope they will go full opensource one day.

https://github.com/modularml/mojo/blob/main/LICENSE

> The Mojo repository is licensed under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions

This doesn't include the SDK, which is bundled with their commercial offering and its license explicitly prohibits production use

"... combines the syntax of python with..."

ewww. That already turns me off. python has horrible syntax soup

LOL so clever! So edgy! Do you love lisp, perchance?

no, i don't. But i tend to prefer idiomatic code where I don't have to scan the entire statement to figure out what the condition is (comprehensions). I.e. the code follows my thought process and doesn't impose extra mental load just to parse it.

Also significant whitespace (some of it, only that at the beginning on some, unless the previous line ends with \ and not in the middle of a statement.)

The syntax itself precludes having lambdas that are actually useful (more than one expression).

Syntax is arbitrary. some things read better postfix, and some prefix. For the creator, otherwise it's completely arbitrary.

It's a very badly designed language

"write your first Mojo program" link, broken

https://https//docs.modular.com/mojo/manual/get-started/hell...

Looks like python

    def main():
        # CHECK: Hello Mojo !
        print("Hello Mojo !")
        for x in range(9, 0, -3):
            print(x)

Is anybody here using Mojo and able to share their experience?

There's no package manager and it's not practical to use other people's code. It's fun to play around with its SIMD ergonomics though. Definitely worth trying on a quiet weekend

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