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0 pointsbobajeff1d ago0 comments

I've been keeping my eye on mojo. Honestly though the thing I least like about Python is it's syntax.

Someone else here is bringing up Julia. Which I think is a fine language but the compiler error messages and the library documentation are not what I would want in a language as far along as it is. I'm also worried about the correctness issues I've read about in a blog awhile back. Also I don't feel like I can make the kind of Python module I want with it (because of binary size and time to first x)

That being said I'm only hoping that Mojo can become an option. But I really like to use a REPL and I like the dynamicness of Python. So I might not ever get around to doing anything outside of maybe Numpy for performance.

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archargelod1d ago

> the thing I least like about Python is it's syntax.

For me it's the opposite - the only thing I like about Python is it's syntax. That's why I really like Nim - you get C speed, "comptime", metaprogramming, powerful type system, memory safety and code is often short and elegant.

Mojo seems interesting too, but so far they're mostly focused on ML stuff and not general programming. And I believe compiler is still not open-source?

Recurecur1d ago

I’m a big fan of Mojo’s design. It isn’t comparable to Julia since it has deterministic memory management.

I also think Mojo is more focused on being an industrial strength language. I was shocked to see the first iteration of Julia ahead of time compilation did not provide file I/O.

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