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No, Microsoft isn't actually eliminating C and C++ from its software

Galen Hunt, a notable Microsoft engineer, posted on LinkedIn that he wants to replace C/C++ with Rust plus AI, targeting elimination by 2030. An update to that post later clarified that this is a ...
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Microsoft: Here's why we love programming language Rust and kicked off Project Verona

Microsoft has explained why it's pursuing 'safe systems programming' through efforts like its experimental Rust-inspired Project Verona language and its exploration of the Rust programming language ...
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Toward Safer, Secure Engineering Defaults

Beyond programming languages, the Secure Future Initiative is built around a CISO-led governance model that partners closely with engineering teams. Risks are prioritized, standards are set, and ...
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A Microsoft engineer explains the "C/C++ gone by 2030" chatter

When a senior Microsoft engineer floated the idea of wiping out C and C++ from the company’s codebase by 2030, the remark ricocheted across developer circles as a death notice for two of computing’s ...
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Microsoft veteran wants to replace every single line of C/C++ code with Rust and AI

Back in July, Microsoft revealed how it is heavily incorporating AI into its development workflows. It talked about its in-house AI-powered coding assistant being leveraged for code reviews of over ...
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Programming languages: Microsoft TypeScript leaps ahead of C#, PHP and C++ on GitHub

Microsoft's superset of JavaScript, TypeScript, has shot up to become the fourth most popular programming language on code collaboration platform, GitHub. TypeScript's ascent is tracked in ...