Carbon’s Graduation Isn’t a Milestone. It’s a Declaration of War on C++.
Carbon just graduated from ‘experiment’ to a real language, and it’s a direct challenge to C++’s incremental evolution. The key insight? Carbon isn’t trying to replace C++ overnight—it’s a Trojan horse designed for seamless bidirectional interoperability. For systems programmers, this is the moment to decide: double down on C++, pivot to Rust, or prepare for Carbon’s inevitable rise.