Carbon is an open and experimental general-purpose programming language created at Google to be a "C++ successor language". It was first presented to the public by Chandler Carruth at the CppNorth conference in July of 2022.[1][2][3]
| Carbon | |
|---|---|
| Family | C |
| Developer | |
| First appeared | 19 July 2022 |
| Preview release | 0.1
/ 19 July 2022 |
| Typing discipline | Static, nominative, partially inferred |
| Implementation language | C++ |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Filename extensions | .carbon, .co2 |
| Website | https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang |
| Influenced by | |
| C++, Rust | |
Features
The language intends to fix several perceived shortcomings of C++[4] but otherwise provide 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. Similar to the ISO process used by C++, changes to the language will be decided by community consensus.[5][6][7][8]
The language is developed as a free and open source project under the Apache License (version 2). It's hosted in GitHub.[9]
Examples
Hello, world!
package sample api;
fn Main() -> i32 {
Print("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
See also
References
- ^ "CppNorth2022 Keynote". 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Carbon Language: An experimental successor to C++ - Chandler Carruth - CppNorth 2022".
- ^ Bradshaw, Kyle (19 July 2022). "Carbon, a new programming language from Google, aims to be C++ successor". 9to5Google.
- ^ "Difficulties improving C++". 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "carbon-lang evolution and governance". GitHub. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Illidge, Myles (21 July 2022). "Google's Carbon programming language aims to replace C++". MyBroadband. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Jackson, Joab (20 July 2022). "Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++". The New Stack. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Mustafa, Onsa (20 July 2022). "Carbon, A New Programming Language from Google As A C++ Successor". PhoneWorld. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "carbon-lang/LICENSE". GitHub. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
External links
- Carbon at the Compiler Explorer (godbolt)
- Carbon Language: An experimental successor to C++ - Chandler Carruth - CppNorth 2022 on YouTube
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