topic Re: Is Mojo (a superset of Python) on ESRI’s radar? in Python Questions

Is Mojo (a superset of Python) on ESRI’s radar?

Bud — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:16:52 GMT

I’ve seen some excitement (hype) about Mojo, which is a superset of Python being built by a company called Modular.

I believe the plan is for Mojo to fully support Python syntax, but be much faster than Python.

YouTube: Jeremy Howard demo for Mojo launch
YouTube: Lex Fridman interviews Chris Lattner

I don’t do much work with Python myself, but I imagine the dream would be to eventually use Mojo in ArcGIS Pro if Mojo ends up succeeding as being a faster version of Python.

I don’t think Mojo has even been released yet. But is it something Esri is aware of and is monitoring?
Is it in the realm of possibility that Mojo could be supported by ArcGIS at some point?

Use Mojo as ArcGIS Pro's geoprocessing language instead of Python

Re: Is Mojo (a superset of Python) on ESRI’s radar?

DanPatterson — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:22:49 GMT

I suspect that current issues are more pressing like

python 12
numpy

NumPy 2.0 development status & announcements · Issue #24300 · numpy/numpy (github.com)

Mojo isn't going to help the vast majority of user since it isn't their target audience

Re: Is Mojo (a superset of Python) on ESRI’s radar?

Bud — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:46:58 GMT

Can you explain what you mean by "python 12"? I thought the current version was 3.x.

Re: Is Mojo (a superset of Python) on ESRI’s radar?

DanPatterson — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:31:44 GMT

3. is often omitted to describe version ... we are currently using 9 with Pro