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.
this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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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.
They keep repeating that they will make it all "open source" eventually. But, money makes people break promises.
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.