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Tell HN: Mojo is becoming open source

Mojo, the programming language, is transitioning to an open-source model according to a banner on its official website.

Background

- Mojo is a programming language created by Modular Inc., a company founded by Chris Lattner (creator of the LLVM compiler infrastructure and the Swift programming language) and Tim Davis. It's designed to combine the ease of use of Python with the performance of low-level languages like C++ and Rust, targeting AI and high-performance computing workloads. - Until now, Mojo has been proprietary (closed-source), available only as a hosted Jupyter notebook service or via a private beta. This announcement signals that Modular is opening up the language's source code, which could significantly impact its adoption and community trust. - The move comes amid growing competition in the "Python replacement for performance" space, with languages like Julia, Rust, and Mojo itself vying for developers who want fast numerical computing without leaving Python's ecosystem. Going open source removes a major barrier to adoption for many developers and enterprises.

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