Carbon is an experimental programming language designed for connectiveness with C++.

Google engineer Chandler Carruth first introduced Carbon at the CppNorth conference in Toronto in July 2022.

[5] The language intends to fix several perceived shortcomings of C++[6] but otherwise provides a similar feature set.

The main goals of the language are readability and "bi-directional interoperability" (which allows the user to include C++ code in the Carbon file), as opposed to using a new language like Rust, that, whilst being influenced by C++, is not two-way compatible with C++ programs.

[7][8][9][10] Carbon's documents, design, implementation, and related tools are hosted on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license with LLVM Exceptions.