A language in the niche of C++ is always going to be complex (see rust), although possibly not as complex as C++. I think that Carbon is not meant to be 100% b

A language in the niche of C++ is always going to be complex (see rust), although possibly not as complex as C++. I think that Carbon is not meant to be 100% backward compatible at least at this point, so they can iteratively try to smooth the rough edges of the language.