Microsoft wants to replace its C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030 (opens in new tab)

(theregister.com)

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dangalfOP6mo ago· 2 in thread

>Plans move to Rust, with help from AI

>“Our strategy is to combine AI and Algorithms to rewrite Microsoft’s largest codebases,” he added. “Our North Star is ‘1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.’”

Some more context https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/24/microsoft-denies-re...

vjvjvjvjghv6mo ago

How are they going to review these million lines of code? It’s not like it’s not possible to write buggy code in Rust

saidnooneever6mo ago

its a research project by some engineer at MS to see if its possible to do it. its unlikely they will actually do it ,maybe come up with a plan for it if they think its feasible.

ChrisArchitect6mo ago

Article is out of date (including it being days old news already) but the guy updated his LinkedIn post walking back some of the statements. Update in the original HN thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46360955) and then a further discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46381813

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