[0xpgm]

I don't think they intend to supplant cPython, but to make it easier for someone to take a piece of software written in high-productivity Python and make it more performant on specialized hardware by using a similar syntax.

Long term it can find applications outside of ML-specific hardware.

[zephen]

That may be the intent, but if the semantics of passing parameters is different, how will that work when it comes to customer testimonials?