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stabblestoday at 8:00 AM1 replyview on HN

That was how the Mojo language started. And then soon after the hype they said that being a superset of Python was no longer the goal. Probably because being a superset of Python is not a guarantee for performance either.


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Hendriktotoday at 12:52 PM

Being a superset would mean all valid Python 3 is valid Python 4. A valuable property for sure, but not what OP suggested. In fact, it is the exact opposite.