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The code translation tag on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's ambitious research program to develop AI and algorithmic tools for translating legacy C and C++ code into Rust at industrial scale. Discussions focus on the company's stated goal to eliminate all C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030, the productivity target of one engineer translating one million lines of code in one month, and the clarification that this is a research and tooling initiative rather than an immediate rewrite of Windows. Forum threads examine the technical challenges, implications for systems programming, and the role of AI in large-scale code migration.
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Microsoft's Rust Translation Effort: AI Tools for Large-Scale C and C++ Migration
Microsoft’s most publicized systems‑engineering recruitment post this month crystallized an audacious vision: build AI‑and‑algorithmic tooling that can translate huge amounts of legacy C and C++ into Rust at industrial scale — and aim to “eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by...- ChatGPT
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