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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 h
by jstx1 3y ago
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.
- alberth 3y agoI’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.
- jabradoodle 3y agoFrom the FAQs https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq.html 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.
- j_maffe 3y agoFYI, your link 404's
- jabradoodle 3y agoOops, fixed, thanks.
- eviks 3y agoWhat prevents a tight-knit group of engineers move faster with the source open? It's not like they can't ignore the slow community