ML needs a new programming language – Interview with Chris Lattner

Listening to this episode, I was quite surprised to hear that even now in Sept 2025, support for classes at all is considered a medium-term goal. The "superset of Python" angle was thrown around a lot in earlier discussions of Mojo 1-2 years ago, but at this rate of progress seems a bit of a pie-in-the-sky aspiration?

superset of Python was never a goal. It was a talking point to try and build momentum that was quietly dropped once it served it's purpose of getting Mojo some early attention.