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Carbon's C++ interop and path to memory safety

CppNow · Talk · 1 h 39 min · 2023 · YouTube title: Carbon Language Successor Strategy: From C++ Interop to Memory Safety - Chandler Carruth - CppNow 23
Why it's here

HN cites it as the authoritative statement of Carbon's memory safety plans, including its borrow-checker-like direction.

What it covers

Chandler Carruth's CppNow 2023 talk describes Carbon as a successor language to C++ rather than a superset, focusing on C++ interop and a path to memory safety in large existing codebases. It explains why Carbon takes a different approach from Cpp2 and Circle.