But then you have Google with Carbon… which is a direct competitor to cpp2. Apple hasn’t shown interest in either, and MS will of course most likely support cpp2.
Without the giants aligning their interests I’m afraid there will be a split in the community. Clang’s std C++ library is already behind GCC’s because Apple and Google have “moved” on.
Everything starts somewhere. I believe Chandler Carruth is leading the project so that means non-trivial resources are being dedicated to it. Their timeline is also fairly aggressive.
They're also simultaneously looking at Rust as a possible successor to C++ (e.g., by developing better interop tooling). It's believed that at most one of these projects can succeed in the long term.
Without the giants aligning their interests I’m afraid there will be a split in the community. Clang’s std C++ library is already behind GCC’s because Apple and Google have “moved” on.