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Re:Microsoft to replace all C/C++ code with Rust by t-writescode on Monday December 22, 2025 @09:29PM (#46361749)
Why rewrite something with multiple decades of validation and bugs-now-depended-upon-features?

Word and Excel almost certainly have 30 year old C++ code that #must-not-be-touched, bugs and all.

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Re:Microsoft to replace all C/C++ code with Rust by canucker2016 on Monday December 22, 2025 @11:57PM (#46362544)
So they're going to port Microsoft Edge web browser to Rust?

Are they going to upstream their changes to the Google Chrome-codebase?

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Re:Microsoft to replace all C/C++ code with Rust by leftbehinds on Saturday December 27, 2025 @03:57PM (#46405155)
Mozilla seems to be doing well after inveting rust and rewriting firefox using rust
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Re:Microsoft to replace all C/C++ code with Rust by canucker2016 on Friday January 02, 2026 @12:27PM (#46467114)
According to https://4e6.github.io/firefox-lang-stats/ , only 12.3% of Firefox is written in Rust.
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Re:Microsoft to replace all C/C++ code with Rust by HackerThemAll on Monday December 22, 2025 @10:23PM (#46362082)
Security. I know it's boring for most, but important for those who need to handle cybersecurity issues.
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