I don't think they were intentionally rug pulling the community. More likely they started out thinking they can build a python superset, realised it wasn't a go

I don't think they were intentionally rug pulling the community. More likely they started out thinking they can build a python superset, realised it wasn't a good idea so quickly pivoted to the current design. Making Mojo more Python-like is now on their long term roadmap (https://docs.modular.com/mojo/roadmap/#phase-3-dynamic-object-oriented-programming https://docs.modular.com/mojo/roadmap/#phase-3-dynamic-objec...).