Microsoft engineer walks back claim on eliminating C and C++: No plan to rewrite Windows

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

A Personal Moonshot, Not a Microsoft Mandate: Rust Rumors Dialed Back

Rumors around Microsoft mandating Rust are dialed back, with reports clarifying it as a personal moonshot rather than a ...

Microsoft: No Windows rewrite in Rust, but research continues

A few days ago, a Microsoft manager was looking for personnel for the Rust porting of all C/C++ code – everything was to be ...

Microsoft's Vision for Code Migration: Clarifying the Rust Ambitions

Galen Hunt's LinkedIn post suggested an ambitious project aimed at eliminating C and C++ from Microsoft's codebase by 2030, with Rust as a potential replacement. This announcement generated excitement ...
Research Snipers

Windows 11 recoding with Rust? Microsoft stops wild AI rumors

A LinkedIn post from a Microsoft developer has caused a stir. The accusation quickly arose that Microsoft wanted to ...

What Microsoft engineer's original original post said

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