Yeah, I totally respect that they have to make money. But the reality is 99% of programming languages are completely free and open source so I can't see it really succeeding if it isn't too. Which makes it a tough business.
I skimmed through the language docs because I can't be bothered with the PR video.
It appears to be a weird mishmash of Rust and Python (fully duplicating the Rust borrow checker). Honestly seems like a Julia competitor more than anything.
I see no notable innovations or killer features really. Just a lot of small tweaks and improvements that don't seem like they'll motivate anyone to adopt this. It will have to be attached to some other big product to have a chance.
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ericjmorey@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y
Mojo not being 100% libre software is the biggest reason why I haven't done anything more than play with it briefly.
He seems excited that the standard library is now "open source" isn't enough for me to be interested.
FizzyOrange@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah, I totally respect that they have to make money. But the reality is 99% of programming languages are completely free and open source so I can't see it really succeeding if it isn't too. Which makes it a tough business.
ericjmorey@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
They keep repeating that they will make it all "open source" eventually. But, money makes people break promises.
https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq#open-source
porgamrer@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
I skimmed through the language docs because I can't be bothered with the PR video.
It appears to be a weird mishmash of Rust and Python (fully duplicating the Rust borrow checker). Honestly seems like a Julia competitor more than anything.
I see no notable innovations or killer features really. Just a lot of small tweaks and improvements that don't seem like they'll motivate anyone to adopt this. It will have to be attached to some other big product to have a chance.