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Microsoft wants to replace its C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030

• dangalf 9mo ago
  >Plans move to Rust, with help from AI >“Our strategy is to combine AI and Algorithms to rewrite Microsoft’s largest codebases,” he added. “Our North Star is ‘1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.’” Some more context https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/24/microsoft-denies-rewriting-windows-11-using-ai-after-an-employees-one-engineer-one-month-one-million-code-post-on-linkedin-causes-outrage/ https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/24/microsoft-denies-re...
  • vjvjvjvjghv 9mo ago
    How are they going to review these million lines of code? It’s not like it’s not possible to write buggy code in Rust
    • saidnooneever 9mo ago
      its a research project by some engineer at MS to see if its possible to do it. its unlikely they will actually do it ,maybe come up with a plan for it if they think its feasible.
• ChrisArchitect 9mo ago
  Article is out of date (including it being days old news already) but the guy updated his LinkedIn post walking back some of the statements. Update in the original HN thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46360955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46360955) and then a further discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46381813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46381813
• black_13 9mo ago
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