Microsoft aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language across its largest codebases by the ...

Maintainers and developers are now using AI to help build Linux. Simultaneously, Rust has graduated to being a co-equal language with C for mainstream Linux development. However, the programming world ...

The two languages currently play a major role in Microsoft’s products. C is deeply embedded in the Windows kernel and many ...

Microsoft has a whole team dedicated to eliminating "every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030," which includes Windows ...

In a LinkedIn post from Microsoft engineer Galen Hunt has generated a fair bit of talk after sharing his goal to "eliminate ...

Microsoft is preparing for a sweeping internal transformation that could fundamentally reshape how its software is built and ...

The lightweight Mikado method opens up a structured way to make significant changes even to complex legacy code.

Archivist Al Kossow of Bitsavers, who led the technical recovery, described the process as "easy" as such efforts go. The tape, he explained, had "a pretty ...

Galen Hunt's LinkedIn post suggested an ambitious project aimed at eliminating C and C++ from Microsoft's codebase by 2030, with Rust as a potential replacement. This announcement generated excitement ...

Microsoft is planning a massive change to Rust by using AI-driven systems to rewrite its legacy C and C++ code at an ...

Chinese AI startup’s release is a major update to its open-source model series, aimed at multi-language programming and ...

Microsoft engineer Galen Hunt has clarified that his comments about eliminating C and C++ were about a research project on ...