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

Microsoft has also called for greater use of Rust. In 2022, the CTO of the company’s Azure cloud called Rust to become the default language for new projects. Microsoft scientists have worked on a tool ...

When a senior Microsoft engineer floated the idea of wiping out C and C++ from the company’s codebase by 2030, the remark ...

Microsoft is leveraging AI agents to automate the massive task of migrating its legacy codebases to the more secure Rust language.

A job posting by a Microsoft engineer sparked excitement about a project “to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030”, replacing it with Rust. Turns out this is a personal goal, not a ...

Microsoft may be gearing up for one of the boldest engineering transformations the software industry has seen in decades. A senior Microsoft engineer has outlined a long-term vision to eliminate all C ...

Microsoft told Windows Latest that the company does not plan to rewrite Windows 11 using AI in Rust after an employee's post ...

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 ...

A few days ago, a Microsoft manager was looking for personnel for the Rust porting of all C/C++ code – everything was to be ...

Microsoft has denied rumors about rewriting Windows in Rust after a viral job post sparked confusion online. The company ...

Microsoft gave a status update today on its experiments on using the Rust programming language instead of C and C++ to write Windows components. In short, the experiments have gone well, and engineers ...

Microsoft is hiring a team of Rustaceans in what looks like a move away from C# Despite sacking staff left and right – by two percent compared to last year – the Windows maker is still hiring. In this ...