The C++ Automation Language
2023
Sean Baxter
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New Circle is a major transformation of the Circle compiler, intended as a response to recent successor language announcements. It focuses on a novel fine-grained versioning mechanism that allows the compiler to fix defects and make the language safer and more productive while maintaining 100% compatibility with existing code assets.
New Circle is the richest C++ compiler yet. Try out:
fn
and var
keywords to make clearer, less ambiguous declarations,forward
keyword to take the complexity and bugginess out of forwarding references,New Circle describes a path for evolving C++ to meet the needs of institutional users. The versioning mechanism that accommodated the development of the features above will also accommodate research into critically important areas like memory safety. Rather than insisting on a one-size-fit's-all approach to language development, project leads can opt into collections of features that best target their projects' needs.