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> What _is_ interesting is that I get the impression that Carbon is being workshopped with the C++ community, rather than the wider PLT community -- I worry tha

> What _is_ interesting is that I get the impression that Carbon is being workshopped with the C++ community, rather than the wider PLT community -- I worry that they won't benefit from the broader perspectives that'll help it avoid well-known warts elsewhere. FWIW, we're working hard whenever looking at an aspect of the language to look at other languages beyond C++ and learn any and everything we can from them. Lots of our design proposals cite Swift, Rust, Go, TypeScript, Python, Kotlin, C#, Java, and even Scala.

steveklabnik 1y ago
Make sure you're checking out Hylo. I'm not sure that its ideas are right for Carbon, but if you're looking for a credible alternative to Rust's take on safety, I think it's one of the better ones.
- chandlerc1024 1y ago
  We've been watching closely since before the name change. =D Had lots of conversations with several of the folks involved.
sour-taste 1y ago
Chandler I would love to be involved in Carbon development to shape its development to be usable at my company or alternatively to use it in my own projects. What is the best way to stay involved in Carbon development? Just the discord?
- chandlerc1024 1y ago
  In increasing order of volume of material: - Our newsletter / announcements via GitHub Discussions[1] email[2] or RSS[3] - The "Last Week in Carbon" posts via GitHub[4] or RSS[5] - The Discord server: https://discord.gg/ZjVdShJDAs https://discord.gg/ZjVdShJDAs [1]: https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/categories/announcements https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/c... [2]: https://groups.google.com/a/carbon-lang.dev/g/announce https://groups.google.com/a/carbon-lang.dev/g/announce [3]: https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/categories/announcements.atom https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/c... [4]: https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/categories/last-week-in-carbon https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/c... [5]: https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/categories/last-week-in-carbon.atom https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/c...

steveklabnik 1y ago

Make sure you're checking out Hylo. I'm not sure that its ideas are right for Carbon, but if you're looking for a credible alternative to Rust's take on safety, I think it's one of the better ones.

chandlerc1024 1y ago
We've been watching closely since before the name change. =D Had lots of conversations with several of the folks involved.

sour-taste 1y ago

Chandler I would love to be involved in Carbon development to shape its development to be usable at my company or alternatively to use it in my own projects. What is the best way to stay involved in Carbon development? Just the discord?

chandlerc1024 1y ago
In increasing order of volume of material: - Our newsletter / announcements via GitHub Discussions[1] email[2] or RSS[3] - The "Last Week in Carbon" posts via GitHub[4] or RSS[5] - The Discord server: https://discord.gg/ZjVdShJDAs https://discord.gg/ZjVdShJDAs [1]: https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/categories/announcements https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/c... [2]: https://groups.google.com/a/carbon-lang.dev/g/announce https://groups.google.com/a/carbon-lang.dev/g/announce [3]: https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/categories/announcements.atom https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/c... [4]: https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/categories/last-week-in-carbon https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/c... [5]: https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/categories/last-week-in-carbon.atom https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/discussions/c...