Chandler Carruth
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This removes the need to install any specific version of Python or figure out how to configure it by instead asking users to install `uv` and letting it manage Python. Among other advantages, `uv` is designed to be fast enough to embed directly into our scripts. We were already using this in `bench_runner.py` so that the script could import non standard library dependencies. Moving to it for the rest of our Python unifies the approach and will also enable dependencies whenever needed. I've left `github_tools` alone as it has special handling with its own Bazel setup. I've updated the contributing tools to explain the approach here.
Docs
This directory contains current, accepted documentation underpinning Carbon. These documents cover all aspects of Carbon ranging from the project down to detailed designs for specific language features.
If you're trying to learn more about Carbon, we recommend starting at
/README.md.
Design
Carbon language's design and rationale are documented in the
design/ directory. This documentation is intended to
support the following audiences:
- People who wish to determine whether Carbon would be the right choice for a project compared to other existing languages.
- People working on the evolution of the Carbon language who wish to understand the rationale and motivation for existing design decisions.
- People working on a specification or implementation of the Carbon language who need a detailed understanding of the intended design.
- People writing Carbon code who wish to understand why the language rules are the way they are.
This is in contrast to proposals, which document the individual decisions that led to this design (along with other changes to the Carbon project), including the rationale and alternatives considered.
Project
The project/ directory contains project-related
documentation for Carbon, including:
- goals, and the principles and roadmap derived from those goals,
- how the project works, and
- how to contribute.
Guides
The guides/ directory contains to-be-written end-user
documentation for developers writing programs in Carbon.
Spec
The spec/ directory contains the to-be-written formal
specification of the Carbon language. This is for implementers of compilers or
other tooling. This is intended to complement the toolchain.