Google has released a new language called Carbon.

What is it? 🧵

It's similar to what TypeScript is to JavaScript.

JavaScript → TypeScript
Objective C → Swift
Java → Kotlin
C → C++

Similarly:

Carbon → C++

What about Rust?

Well, if Rust works for you today, keep using it.

But moving a C++ ecosystem to Rust is hard.

A good successor language
- Builds on the current ecosystem
→ Without bootstrapping a new one
- Provides bi-directional interoperability
- Optimizes the learning curve + adoption
- Ideally has tool-assisted migration support

Carbon has all of that 👆

That makes it an excellent experimental successor to C++. I especially like the migration support and easier syntax.