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Add C → C++ and Objective-C → Swift to main README as shown in Chandler's talk.

Hi! The README's content differs from the presentation because we're trying to write a more succinct story, and it would be expensive (space-wise) to talk about the trade-offs of various approaches in the same way that we do in presentations. The list isn't intended to be exhaustive, and so we'd prefer not to add Swift. See also #1721.

Not adding Swift sounds reasonable and I totally agree with the approach of writing a more succinct story, does the same apply to C → C++?

I'm going to try harder to pass that question to @chandlerc

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Finally getting back here, sorry for all the delays.

Not adding Swift sounds reasonable and I totally agree with the approach of writing a more succinct story, does the same apply to C → C++?

I think yes, if for different reasons.

Here, I think the history is just much more complicated. Again, in the presentation we're able to talk through these things and then re-focus on the later examples. We're also telling a much more nuanced story of different approaches from Carbon's.

I think focusing on the most similar in goals, and especially in the case of "Java -> Kotlin" approach in the README makes a lot of sense.

I'm going to close for now. That said, if there is really significant interest in shifting approach here across the community or especially of the other @carbon-language/carbon-leads would prefer a different approach we can definitely re-open and look at this or similar adjustments.