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The language intends to fix several perceived shortcomings of C++<ref name="difficulties improving cpp" /> but otherwise provides a similar feature set.

The main goals of the language are readability and "bi-directional interoperability", as opposed to using a new language like [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]] (which, while being inspiredinfluenced onby C++, is not two-way compatible with C++ programs). Changes to the language will be decided by the Carbon leads.<ref name="c1" /><ref name="c2" /><ref name="c3" /><ref name="c4" />

Carbon's documents, design, implementation, and related tools are hosted on [[GitHub]] under the [[Apache License|Apache-2.0]] license with [[LLVM]] Exception.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/blob/31df852738aea520a1a1800259120bc10ce7a005/LICENSE |title=carbon-lang/LICENSE |date=2020-06-16 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=GitHub}}</ref>