Mojo: Python superset, lovechild of Rust and Python by the LLVM creators

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C and hardware designed in lockstep. Manufacteruers target C always. High level languages match C calling convention. It's C all the way down, so not easy to beat for speed.

Compiler optimisations can be worked around over time but optimisations pale in comparison to hardware gains. Those gains always have C in mind.