Public preview of Microsoft’s C++ tools for the AI coding assistant are available in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders.

Microsoft aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language across its largest codebases by the ...

But an internal research project is looking at ways to automate the translation of millions of lines of code per month into ...

The two languages currently play a major role in Microsoft’s products. C is deeply embedded in the Windows kernel and many ...

Microsoft has also called for greater use of Rust. In 2022, the CTO of the company’s Azure cloud called Rust to become the ...

Microsoft is taking an impressive step in modernizing its biggest codebases and will eliminate all C/C++ code by the end of ...

Maintainers and developers are now using AI to help build Linux. Simultaneously, Rust has graduated to being a co-equal language with C for mainstream Linux development. However, the programming world ...

No, Microsoft is not rewriting Windows in Rust. The clarification comes after a LinkedIn post by a Microsoft Distinguished ...

Two years ago, Microsoft dominated the market for AI coding tools, which automatically generate code for developers. That’s ...

Microsoft is internally mulling a new project codenamed “Project Strong ARMed,” according to a new job listing.

Galen Hunt, a notable Microsoft engineer, posted on LinkedIn that he wants to replace C/C++ with Rust plus AI, targeting ...

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