Google Released a New Programming Language called Carbon — Now What?
Is it here to stay? Will it take hold?
In a myriad of programming languages, do we really need another one? According to Google, the answer is yes.
Officially unveiled to the world a week ago by Chandler Carruth at CppNorth, Carbon has got the programming communities talking.
But what is it? How does it work? and does it work?
C++ works, but what’s the problem?
C++ has been around the block for much longer than some of us have been alive. Developed in 1982 and released in 1985, C++ has found its way into operating systems, browsers, and games.
While C++ is not the coolest kid to learn (unless you want to go down the game dev track), but it still holds a strong foothold for applications that requires performance, speed, and is a bit strapped with resource availability.
In a nutshell, C++ is a general-purpose programming language that has all the usual bells and whistles such as classes and objects, abstraction, encapsulation, polymorphism, and inheritance. It’s strongly typed, case sensitive, uses pointers, and has a massive functions library.
