Mojo language marries Python and MLIR for AI development
AI infrastructure company Modular has launched Mojo, a programming language for AI developers that aims to combine Python usability—and full compatibility with the Python ecosystem—with C performance. Low-level systems programming and advanced compilation features come by way of MLIR, the Multi-Level Intermediate Representation compiler framework.
Unveiled May 2, Mojo is intended to bridge the gap between research and production, leveraging Python syntax as well as systems programming and compile-time metaprogramming. Modular bills Mojo as faster than C++, more hackable than Nvidia’s CUDA, and as safe as Rust.