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Mojo Lang - Tomorrow's High Performance Python? (with Chris Lattner)

2024/5/1
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Mojo is the latest language from the creator of Swift and LLVM. It’s an attempt to take some of the best techniques from CPU/GPU-level programming and package them up in a Python-compatible syntax.

In this episode we explore why Mojo was created, and what it offers to Python programmers and non-Python programmers alike. How is it built for performance, and which performance features matter? What’s its take on functional programming and type systems? And can it marry the high-level programming of Python with the low-level programming of LLVM/MLIR?

If you’re a Python programmer who needs better performance, a C programmer who expects more from a ‘scripting language’, or just someone who’d be happier if Python had a first-class type system, Mojo might well be for you…

Mojo: https://www.modular.com/max/mojo

Mojo’s Roadmap: https://docs.modular.com/mojo/roadmap.html

The Mojo Discord: https://discord.com/invite/modular

MLIR: https://mlir.llvm.org/

Chris’s Talks: https://nondot.org/sabre/Resume.html#talks

Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm

Kris on Mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@krisajenkins

Kris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisjenkins/

Kris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/krisajenkins

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