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'''Mojo''' is a [[programming language]] in the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] family that is currently under development.<ref name="MojoProgrammingManual_(2023)">{{cite web |url=https://docs.modular.com/mojo/programming-manual.html |title=Mojo🔥 programming manual |date=2023 |website=docs.modular.com |publisher=Modular |access-date=2023-09-26 |quote=Mojo is a programming language that is as easy to use as Python but with the performance of C++ and Rust. Furthermore, Mojo provides the ability to leverage the entire Python library ecosystem.}}</ref><ref name="Modular-WhyMojo_(2023)">{{cite web |url=https://docs.modular.com/mojo/why-mojo.html |title=Why Mojo🔥 - A language for next-generation compiler technology |date=2023 |website=docs.modular.com |publisher=Modular |access-date=2023-09-26 |quote=While many other projects now use MLIR, Mojo is the first major language designed expressly for MLIR, which makes Mojo uniquely powerful when writing systems-level code for AI workloads.}}</ref><ref name=InfoWorld>{{cite web |last1=Krill |first1=Paul |title=Mojo language marries Python and MLIR for AI development |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3695588/mojo-language-marries-python-and-mlir-for-ai-development.html |website=InfoWorld |language=en |date=4 May 2023}}</ref> It is available both in browsers via [[Project_Jupyter#Jupyter_Notebook|Jupyter notebooks]],<ref name="InfoWorld" /><ref name="IWFirst">{{cite news |last1=Yegulalp |first1=Serdar |title=A first look at the Mojo language |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3697739/a-first-look-at-the-mojo-language.html |work=InfoWorld |date=7 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and locally on [[Linux]] and [[macOS]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Deutscher |first=Maria |title=Modular makes its AI-optimized Mojo programming language generally available |url=https://siliconangle.com/2023/09/07/modular-makes-ai-optimized-mojo-programming-language-generally-available/ |work=Silicon Angle |date=7 September 2023 |access-date=2023-09-11 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="MACOS_(2023)">{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/Modular_AI/status/1715024755093287042 |title=Mojo for Mac OS |publisher=Modular |access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref> Mojo aims to combine the usability of [[High-level programming language|higher level programming languages]], specifically [[Python (programming language)|Python]], with the performance of [[Low-level programming language|lower level onesprogramming languages like C++, RUST, and Zig]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mojo 🔥: Programming language for all of AI |url=https://www.modular.com/max/mojo |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.modular.com |language=en}}</ref>. Mojo builds upon [MLIR (software)| MLIR] instead of directly on the lower level and fairly older LLVM compiler framework like Julia, Swift, clang and Rust use.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Should Julia use MLIR in the future? |url=https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-use-mlir-in-the-future/110459 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Julia Programming Language |language=en}}</ref> Mojo's use of MLIR allows it to compile down and target more than just CPUs, including producing code that can run on GPUS, TPUS, and ASICS, and often more effectively use certain types of CPU optimizations, like [Single instruction, multiple data|SIMD], directly without explicit developer intervention.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Mojo🔥 {{!}} Modular Docs |url=https://docs.modular.com/mojo/why-mojo |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=docs.modular.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>https://llvm.org/devmtg/2023-10/slides/keynote/Mojo.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Jeremy |date=2023-05-04 |title=fast.ai - Mojo may be the biggest programming language advance in decades |url=https://www.fast.ai/posts/2023-05-03-mojo-launch.html?ref=blef.fr |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=fast.ai |language=en}}</ref>

== Origin and Development History ==