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Carbon, a new programming language from Google, aims to be C++ successor (9to5google.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Isn't that supposed to be Go's job?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Is Go compatible with C++?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Not seamlessly. That's pretty much impossible given the complexity of C++. Go does interoperate with C via cgo, which can be made to produce something like C++ compatibility.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I don't go is for performance critical applications.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

hmm I thought Go was written as a "better C"

edit: checked my facts and indeed its designers made it because of their dislike for C++