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Microsoft confirms "eliminate C and C++" plan, translate code to Rust using AI

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/24/microsoft-confirms-eliminate-c-and-c-plan-translate-code-to-rust-using-ai-as-windows-11-adopts-rust-and-webview2/

2•JamesAdir•2h ago

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andsoitis•2h ago

Previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46360955

markus_zhang•2h ago

It is from a distinguished engineer, not from the executives. In fact, some in MSFT are not aligned.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7407863...

BTW in a comment he mentioned that Rust offers concurrency safety. Can someone elaborate on the concurrency model of Rust? I completed the xv6 lock lab a few days ago and it was one of the most difficult labs. Hard to debug and easy to mess up.

__patchbit__•1h ago

Will Rust scale to 1 million developers all working at once in a metaverse?

epic games' language in development is referenced here in this presentation

   https://youtu.be/VBT0j14rn5c