Carbon is a programming language created by Google to succeed C++, focusing on modern safety features while retaining high performance. It’s built for seamless C++ interoperability and aims to overcome C++ limitations like slow compilation and lack of memory safety. Carbon introduces features like a more readable syntax, enhanced generics, and automatic memory management while allowing low-level control.
Chandler Carruth, who leads the C++, C Lang, and LLVM teams at Google, is the creator of Carbon. He also contributed to Google’s distributed build system. He discusses Carbon and its future with Kevin Ball in this episode.
Kevin Ball, or KBall, is the VP of engineering at Mento and an independent coach. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, started the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space.
The transcript of this episode is available [here](http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SED1826-Carbon-C.txt).
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