code migration

A Microsoft engineer’s LinkedIn post that set off a flurry of headlines — claiming a goal to “eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030” — has been clarified as a research project rather than an official company edict, but the episode crystallizes a real and accelerating shift...

Microsoft’s engineering gamble — to use AI to rewrite millions of lines of legacy C and C++ into Rust by 2030 — landed squarely in the spotlight this winter after a months‑long string of Windows 11 malfunctions and a formal Microsoft support advisory that traced the outages to XAML registration...

Microsoft’s stated plan to remove “every line of C and C++” from its codebase by 2030 — and to do so by combining algorithmic source analysis with AI-driven translation into Rust — marks one of the most ambitious language-migration bets ever announced by a major platform company. The...

Microsoft’s public clarifications this week laid to rest the most sensational headlines: a LinkedIn hiring post from Distinguished Engineer Galen Hunt set off a firestorm by declaring a goal to “eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030” and citing a provocative productivity north...

Microsoft engineering leadership has publicly framed an audacious, company-wide program to remove every line of C and C++ from Microsoft’s codebase by 2030 and replace it with Rust, driven by a purpose-built combination of algorithmic program analysis and AI agents that can rewrite and verify...

Microsoft engineers have quietly moved a strategy conversation about language choice into an explicit, time‑boxed program: to eliminate C and C++ from Microsoft’s core codebase by 2030 by using algorithmic program analysis combined with AI agents to translate and re‑engineer legacy systems into...

With Microsoft officially announcing the end of support for Visual Studio 2015 this October, the countdown is on for developers and organizations still relying on the aging IDE. This pivotal move coincides with the conclusion of Windows 10 support, marking 2025 as a watershed year for legacy...