> Microsoft is also heavily investing in exploring C and C++ alternatives. From its early Checked C project, the company is now experimenting with Rust, and is

> Microsoft is also heavily investing in exploring C and C++ alternatives. From its early Checked C project, the company is now experimenting with Rust, and is also building its own Rust-like "safe" programming language (part of the secretive Project Verona). Of course they are... they can't just use something that exists already, but they have to have something with a M$ stamp on it. > The browser maker is also exploring the MiraclePtr project, which aims to turn "exploitable use-after-free bugs into non-security crashes with acceptable performance, memory, binary size and minimal stability impact." So managed C/C++? > And last, but not least, Google also said it plans to explore using "safe" languages, where possible. Candidates include Rust, Swift, JavaScript, Kotlin, and Java. I can already hear the pop from the aneurysms the anti-memory managed crowd will be getting. The comments on reddit and twitter will be amazing.