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Re:Carbon: high level programming language that compiles to ... by tomjen3 on Saturday October 20, 2012 @10:17AM (#4677110)
Not really. There is a C compiler for every platform worth its salt.
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Re:Carbon: high level programming language that compiles to ... by michaelfeathers on Sunday October 21, 2012 @08:10AM (#4679527)
My point was that usually a language does more to sell itself. The selling point of C++ wasn't "here's a language that compiles to C" (which it was in the beginning), but rather "Here's a safer, OO version of C with many new features."
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