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Re:Faster CPython at PyCon, part one by tgma on Thursday May 11, 2023 @11:43AM (#35903826)
That comparison seems quite cherry picked. Unlikely that it is generalizable. In my tests with Mojo, it doesn’t seem to behave like Python at all so far. Once they add the dynamism necessary we can see where they land. I’m still optimistic (mostly since Python has absolute garage performance and there’s low hanging fruit) but it’s no panacea. I feel their bet is not to have to run Python as is but have Python developers travel some distance and adapt to some constraints. They just need enough momentum to make that transition happen but it’s a transition to a distinct language, not a Python implementation. Sort of what Hack is to PHP.
Re:Faster CPython at PyCon, part one by SOLAR_FIELDS on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:30PM (#35909777)
Hack as a comparison is probably not a great thing for Mojo, since no one outside of Facebook uses Hack.
Re:Faster CPython at PyCon, part one by tgma on Friday May 12, 2023 @12:38AM (#35911978)
Safe to say no one outside of Modular uses Mojo either at the moment.