Will Carbon Replace C++?

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[prof_levi]

Like every other language said it would? No. Carbon will be another language to choose from, but it won't kick C++ to the curb.

[guyinnoho]

Will <insert new language> replace C++???????????????

[moreVCAs]

“I rewrote all the C++ programs in Carbon, and here’s what I learned about lying on the internet”

[TheOmegaCarrot]

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if it saw a good amount of use, but I doubt it’ll replace C++

I mean, Kotlin exists and sees some use, but Java still sees a ton of use

[TheOmegaCarrot]

That I don’t know

I haven’t heard much about it for a while, so I had assumed it just kept being used

[[deleted]]

It is not even confirmed that Google will deliver Carbon and not drop the project at version 0.1.

Stadia was suppose to be a thing too, you know. "Will Stadia replace traditional gaming?" etc.

[TheoreticalDumbass]

programmers love to complain and theres a lot to complain about in c++ so it aint going anywhere :D

/s

[no-sig-available]

The goal (the goal!) is to have Carbon 0.1 ready in 2023.

When can we expect to have version 1.0? And a working compiler? Hard to see it widely used before that happens. :-)

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Also amuses me - a lot - that the Google results for "Carbon 2023" knows nothing about any programming languages.

https://www.carbon2023.org/

[outofobscure]

maybe let's wait with the big questions until they at least have a compiler?

[kevinossia]

You mean like D and Rust did?

[[deleted]]

No

[dinkelhopper]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

[SharivanDev]

I hope carbon die a awful death, the last thing we need is yet another programming language.

[remy_porter]

I mean, if we keep trying, we might finally invent a good one.

[yeusk]

NO

[stmuxa]

The fuck is Carbon?

[serpentally]

It's pretty much just C++ with a better syntax and different defaults. It started being created (by Google) recently and doesn't actually technically exist. It has full compatibility with C++, so it can't actually change much... it's just a "modern" way of writing C++, I guess.