Google engineers developed the Carbon programming language to address the shortcomings of C++.
Many existing languages like Golang and Rust already exist that mirror the performance of C++ without its shortcomings. Unfortunately, these languages present significant barriers to the migration of existing C++ codebases.
Carbon aims to be what TypeScript is to JavaScript, and Kotlin is to Java. It is not a replacement, but a successor language designed around interoperability with C++. It aims for large-scale adoption and migration for existing codebases and developers.
Getting Started With Carbon
You can explore Carbon right now by checking out the codebase and using Carbon explorer:
Install bazelisk using Homebrew.
$ brew install bazelisk
Install Clang/LLVM using Homebrew.
Many Clang/LLVM releases aren't built with options we rely on.
$ brew install llvm
$ export PATH="$(brew --prefix llvm)/bin:${PATH}"
Download Carbon's code.
$ git clone https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang
$ cd carbon-lang
Build and run the explorer.
$ bazel run //explorer -- ./explorer/testdata/print/format_only.carbon
According to the Carbon roadmap, Google will make the experiment public with the release of a core working version (0.1) by the end of 2022. They plan to follow this with a 0.2 version in 2023 and a full 1.0 release in 2024–2025.
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