The first half of the article started to feel like the XKCD "15th standard" meme, but at the end, the more nuanced point was presented: If you're already using Rust, stick with Rust. Carbon is positioned as successor language for those with large C++ codebases difficult to convert to Rust.
Interesting tact, and at face value that concession might undermine adoption given that Rust has a big head start and not hinged to a corp with a well-earned reputation for killing projects.
Interesting tact, and at face value that concession might undermine adoption given that Rust has a big head start and not hinged to a corp with a well-earned reputation for killing projects.