ZDNET’s key takeaways
- Microsoft and Linux are adding AI and Rust to their pipelines.
- Microsoft is leaning much harder into AI development than Linux.
- Both are expanding Rust, but neither OS will be fully Rust soon.
Recently, Galen Hunt, a Microsoft distinguished engineer, wrote: “My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030. Our strategy is to combine AI and algorithms to rewrite Microsoft’s largest codebases” and to “evolve and augment our infrastructure to enable translating Microsoft’s largest C and C++ systems to Rust.”
Postef from: https://www.zdnet.com/article/programming-transformation-ai-rust-c-linux-windows/
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Starting with languages, C, the language of choice for system programmers, is still alive and well, as it’s already over 50 years old. I expect it, and COBOL too, to reach the century mark.
Yes, I know all about C’s built-in security problems, but you still can’t beat it when it comes to raw speed. Sure, assembler is even faster – just ask the FFmpeg developers – but you can run C on pretty much any CPU.
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about Rust replacing C for system programming. And, yes, memory-safe Rust is now a full-fledged language for programming in the Linux kernel. However, speed and portability have always been C’s killer features, and that hasn’t changed.
Posted from: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/31/long_lived_tech/