[jstx1]

Chris Lattner seems like a great guy in interviews and has obviously mad multiple incredbile contributions to the field of software.

But I don't get the play here - a company CEO/cofounder bragging about the performance of a proprietary language which nobody can use right now? Who wants this?

Make the language and make it public and open; get large companies on board with development, start some useful real-world projects, involve the open-source community, show that it's actually good for something instead of giving investor presentations.

[jabradoodle]

From the FAQs https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq.html

> Why not develop Mojo in the open from the beginning?

> Mojo is a big project and has several architectural differences from previous languages. We believe a tight-knit group of engineers with a common vision can move faster than a community effort. This development approach is also well-established from other projects that are now open source (such as LLVM, Clang, Swift, MLIR, etc.).

Given Chris Latners previous achievements I think we can trust this call a bit more than we may with some companies.

I wouldn't use it myself until open sourced.

[eviks]

What prevents a tight-knit group of engineers move faster with the source open? It's not like they can't ignore the slow community

[j_maffe]

FYI, your link 404's

[jabradoodle]

Oops, fixed, thanks.

[alberth]

I’m surprised they don’t do the SQLite model.

It’s Open Source code, but closed to contributions.

That would solve a lot of their problems because it allows them to show it’s open source, but not take contributions until they feel like it’s ready to get contributions from 3rd parties.