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-Cppfront is a personal experimental compiler from an experimental C++ 'syntax 2' to today's 'syntax 1.' The goal is to explore whether there's a way we can evolve C++ itself to become 10x simpler, safer, and more toolable. If we had an alternate C++ syntax, it would give us a "bubble of new code that doesn't exist today" where we could make arbitrary improvements (e.g., change defaults, remove unsafe parts, make the language context-free and order-independent), free of backward source compatibility constraints.
+Cppfront is a personal experimental compiler from an experimental C++ 'syntax 2' to today's 'syntax 1,' to learn some things, prove out some concepts, and share some ideas.
 
-I'm sharing this work because I hope to start a conversation about what could be possible _**within C++**_’s own evolution to rejuvenate C++, now that we have C++20 and soon C++23 to build upon. This compiler is currently still hilariously incomplete (e.g., as of this writing, there's no support for classes!). Don't contemplate any real use yet. :) And this is my own project; I am not speaking for any company or for the ISO C++ committee, though whenever parts of this do pan out I intend to keep bringing them to ISO C++ as evolution proposals.
+The goal is to explore whether there's a way we can evolve C++ itself to become 10x simpler, safer, and more toolable. If we had an alternate C++ syntax, it would give us a "bubble of new code that doesn't exist today" where we could make arbitrary improvements (e.g., change defaults, remove unsafe parts, make the language context-free and order-independent, and generally apply 30 years' worth of learnings), free of backward source compatibility constraints.
 
-## What is this project?
+I'm sharing this work because I hope to start a conversation about what could be possible _**within C++**_’s own evolution to rejuvenate C++, now that we have C++20 and soon C++23 to build upon. This compiler is currently still hilariously incomplete, so don't contemplate any real use yet. :) For example, as of this writing, syntax 2 doesn't yet support writing classes, though you can still write those using today's syntax (both syntaxes can be used within the same source file and seamlessly interoperate). And this is my own project; I am not speaking for any company or for the ISO C++ committee, though whenever parts of this do pan out I intend to keep bringing them to ISO C++ as evolution proposals.
 
-<image align="right" width="320" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1801526/189241726-db92ae64-2b2f-4463-a0c3-87794062da9c.png"> This a personal project to learn some things, prove out some concepts, and share some ideas. I did most of this design work in 2015-16, and since then every evolution proposal paper I've brought to ISO C++, and every conference talk I've given, has come from this work — just presented as a standalone proposal under today's syntax to help validate and refine one part of the design, then another, then another. This cppfront compiler I started writing in mid-2021 is another step to prototype them all together and under an alternative 'syntax 2' for C++ that enables their full designs including otherwise-breaking changes, that will let me try out the full set of coordinated improvements free of concerns about breaking any existing code.
+### History
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+<image align="right" width="320" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1801526/189241726-db92ae64-2b2f-4463-a0c3-87794062da9c.png"> I did most of the 'syntax 2' design work in 2015-16. Since then, every evolution proposal paper I've brought to ISO C++, and every conference talk I've given, has come from this work — just presented as a standalone proposal under today's syntax, usually with a separate standalone prototype implementation, to help validate and refine one part of the design, then another, then another.
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+I started writing this cppfront compiler in mid-2021 as another step to prototype all the parts together as a whole as originally intended, now includeing the alternative 'syntax 2' for C++ that enables their full designs including otherwise-breaking changes. This step is to let me try out the full set of coordinated improvements in one place, and free of concerns about breaking any existing code.
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+## What's different?
 
 This is one of many experiments going on across the industry looking at ways to accomplish a major C++ evolution. Several of those other experiments' designers have seen this 'syntax 2' work privately since 2016, and if they found parts of this useful in their own experiments then I think that's great, we should learn from each other and I look forward to seeing how their experiments work out too.