Comment by omoikane

> I think this page describes "what" but not "why" of Carbon.

Maybe the page was updated recently, but there is a "why" link near the top:

https://docs.carbon-lang.dev/#why-build-carbon

What I would like to see is more documentation on the "why not" that summarizes why other languages and proposals are not sufficient. For example, Safe C++ proposal[1] appears to satisfy all requirements, but I can't find any reference to it.

[1] https://safecpp.org/draft.html