Carbon Language: An experimental successor to C++
summary
Carbon describes an experimental successor to C++ that prioritizes interoperability with existing C++ by driving a Clang/LLVM front end to synthesize Carbon ASTs, targets a C++17 baseline, and uses GitHub PRs plus a Google CLA while three leads govern. Language specifics include introducer keywords (fn, var), package-local root namespaces, members public by default, single-inheritance with final classes, pointers non-null by default, and definition-checked generics with explicit interfaces and allowed external impls. A demo implementation (the Carbon Explorer on Compiler Explorer) compiles and traces semantic evaluation but the compiler is unfinished.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and C++ future
- 5:43Why C++ struggles today
- 10:13Introducing Carbon Language
- 26:38Carbon language design goals
- 35:06Carbon project status
- 39:57Carbon demo and compiler explorer
- 41:01Is Carbon the answer?
- 41:46Q&A session begins
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