When mojo was initially released I didn’t think much of it because: 1. It was announced prior to being available, even in closed source form. 2. Emoji filenames meant to me that it wasn’t taking itself too seriously. 3. Many people have tried to make Python fast and failed, and that was my naive take on it, and despite the fact that LLVM allstars were working on it, it seemed like a lofty goal. 4. Closed source programming languages usually suck.
There are some fascinating ideas here, I’m especially excited about what could come from their templated IR. Recommend others give it a watch if they’re confused on why they should pay attention to this project.
If you're interested in compiler nerdery, you should totally check out the source code, you'll see just how much we meant by "Syntactic sugar for MLIR" :-)
They presented at the LLVM conference in 2023 and this video totally changed my view: https://youtu.be/SEwTjZvy8vw?si=itaRiFCIwGnyOQcc
There are some fascinating ideas here, I’m especially excited about what could come from their templated IR. Recommend others give it a watch if they’re confused on why they should pay attention to this project.