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Mojo clarifies meaning of "Python superset"

24 points| CoreyFieldens | 1 year ago |github.com

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robinsonrc|1 year ago

Not so much 'Clarify meaning of "superset of Python"' as 'Remove references to "superset of Python"'

echoangle|1 year ago

So it won’t be a real superset, and not all valid python programs will be valid mojo programs.

fnands|1 year ago

My guess is it will end up pretty close to the C/C++ relationship, where the joke is that C++ is a superset of a subset of C.

TwentyPosts|1 year ago

Is anyone surprised by this? Chris Lattner in high regard, sure, but I always expected them to have to quietly walk this one back.

It just didn't seem feasible, for a lot of reasons.

Of course, how feasible it sounded will depend on your interpretation of "superset". I wonder what was the straw that broke the camel's back.

ErikBjare|1 year ago

Not really surprising that it won't be a strict superset