<s>
Carbon	O
,	O
or	O
Carbon-Lang	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
experimental	O
,	O
general-purpose	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
open-source	B-Application
and	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
following	O
in	O
the	O
footsteps	O
of	O
previous	O
Google-made	O
programming	O
languages	O
(	O
Go	B-Application
and	O
Dart	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
engineer	O
Chandler	O
Carruth	O
first	O
introduced	O
Carbon	O
at	O
the	O
CppNorth	O
conference	O
in	O
Toronto	O
in	O
July	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
Carbon	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
successor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
intends	O
to	O
fix	O
several	O
perceived	O
shortcomings	O
of	O
C++	B-Language
but	O
otherwise	O
provides	O
a	O
similar	O
feature	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
are	O
readability	O
and	O
"	O
bi-directional	O
interoperability	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
using	O
a	O
new	O
language	O
like	O
Rust	B-Application
(	O
which	O
,	O
while	O
being	O
influenced	O
by	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
is	O
not	O
two-way	O
compatible	O
with	O
C++	B-Language
programs	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carbon	O
's	O
documents	O
,	O
design	O
,	O
implementation	O
,	O
and	O
related	O
tools	O
are	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
the	O
Apache-2.0	B-Application
license	O
with	O
LLVM	B-Application
Exception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
program	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
:	O
</s>
