What is Carbon written in?
The Carbon compiler is written in C++ (documented).
Quick Facts
- Developer
- First released
- 2022
- Typing
- static
- License
- Apache Software License 2.0
- Filename extension
- .carbon, .co2
About Carbon
Carbon is a programming language. It is a statically typed language that compiles ahead of time to native machine code. It supports imperative and systems programming.
Carbon first appeared in 2022. Development is led by Google.
How Carbon is implemented
In the Language Lineage dataset, its compiler is written in C++.
Carbon in the language family tree
Carbon drew on ideas from C++, Go, and Rust.
Sources: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official site
Frequently Asked Questions
What language is Carbon written in?
Carbon is primarily implemented in C++. See the implementation section above for details and source references.
When was Carbon first released?
Carbon was first released in 2022.