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 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
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+## Table of contents
+
+-   [Overview](#overview)
+-   [What about other languages?](#what-about-other-languages)
+-   [Project status](#project-status)
+-   [What will make Carbon a compelling future path for C++?](#what-will-make-carbon-a-compelling-future-path-for-c)
+-   [Contributing](#contributing)
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+## Overview
+
 The Carbon Language project is an **_experiment_** to explore a possible,
 distant future for the C++ programming language. It is designed around a
 specific set of goals, priorities, and use cases:
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 the language as well as large-scale migration for users.** This is extremely
 expensive, and so the bar for Carbon to be a compelling direction for C++ is
 very high.
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+## Contributing
+
+Please see our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) for information about
+Carbon development.