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 wants to translate its codebase to Rust, and is hiring people to make it happen.… “My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030,” Microsoft distinguished engineer ...

Recap: Historically, the vast majority of security issues encountered on the Windows platform have been memory-related bugs. Rust can provide a highly effective solution to this long-standing problem, ...

Microsoft will soon have millions of lines of new code written to replace C and C++. A combination of AI, algorithms, and human-written code will overhaul massive libraries across Windows and other ...

Microsoft has announced an early public preview of Rust/WinRT, or Rust for the Windows Runtime (WinRT), and has posted it on GitHub. The Rust/WinRT project is a "WinRT language projection" or software ...

For years Microsoft has been discussing moving to the Rust programming language for its dev teams in certain scenarios, primarily for the memory-safe aspects of the language as compared to C and C++, ...

Microsoft is gradually integrating Rust into the Windows kernel and is also gradually converting Windows driver development. Microsoft is taking stock. Due to the complexity of the Windows kernel API, ...

The switch from C++ to Rust aims to make the kernel more concise, secure, and efficient. Microsoft has already added a significant 36,000 lines of Rust code to the kernel, which has led to the ...