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Re:Windows has a new wormable vulnerability, with no patch by pjmlp on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @05:57PM (#22551235)
Microsoft is already had an internal Rust summit,

https://twitter.com/ryan_levick/status/1225837057186000896?s...

and are doing other experiences as well,

https://www.infoq.com/news/2019/11/microsoft-exploring-rust-...

https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/11/07/using-rust-in-win...

Kenny Kerr, the original author of C++/Winrt, which replaced C++/CX, has now turned into Rust.

https://kennykerr.ca/2020/02/22/rust-winrt-coming-soon/

They are also motivated to actually make C safer, with Checked C project, something that ISO C doesn't seem to care that much.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/checked-c/

As per MSRC advisory, new code should be a mix of .NET, Rust or Core Guidelines compliant C++, depending on the use case.

Re:Windows has a new wormable vulnerability, with no patch by ldeangelis on Friday March 13, 2020 @09:03AM (#22566907)
There's also Project Verona [0], a research project inspired by Rust, Cyclone and Pony.

[0]: https://github.com/microsoft/verona