It seems that the author addressed that in the very first bullet point on that page: > Carbide is a new kind of programming environment which (as obligatory in

It seems that the author addressed that in the very first bullet point on that page: > Carbide is a new kind of programming environment which (as obligatory in this day and age): > • Requires no installation or setup (It's also followed by the mention of Javascript and all the browser screenshots reinforce the point.) The first analogy that came to my mind is that this is a similar environment to Wolfram Alpha but more focused on experimenting around with programming concepts.