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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

A C compiler and development system for DOS/Windows applications from Microsoft. It includes the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK). Version 7.0 added C++ capability and Version 1.0 of the ...