Microsoft is using AI to purge C and C++ from its codebase by 2030

Microsoft will soon have millions of lines of new code written to replace C and C++. A combination of AI, algorithms, and ...

Microsoft aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language

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

Microsoft to Replace All C/C++ Code With Rust by 2030

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

Microsoft previews C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot

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

DARPA Aims to Ditch C Code, Move to Rust

The US military agency responsible for developing new technologies plans to embark on an effort to rewrite significant volumes of C code by funding a new research challenge to create an automated ...
India Today on MSN

Microsoft to replace all C and C++ code with Rust, hints 1 engineer must write 1 million lines every month

Microsoft is planning a significant overhaul of Rust by utilising AI-driven systems to rewrite its legacy C and C++ code at ...
ZDNet

VS Code: New C++ language extension brings Microsoft's code-completion to Raspberry Pi 4

Microsoft has released a new version of the C++ extension for its popular Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor. The new release is an official VS Code C++ extension for Windows 10 and Linux ...