Subj : Microsoft engineer clarif
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Jan 01 2026 09:01:25

  Re: Microsoft engineer clarif
  By: Dumas Walker to All on Tue Dec 30 2025 09:42 am

 DW> Microsoft engineer clarifies speculation around plans to 'eliminate' C,
 DW> C++ languages by 2030

 DW> It is true, though, that Microsoft has initiated a shift towards the Rust
 DW> programming language  spending $10 million towards making it the "1st
 DW> class language" for engineering systems.

I haven't used Rust yet, but I've seen people say it has benefits to help reduce the possibility of memory bugs, etc..  If Microsoft is planning to also eliminate C and C++ development support from Visual Studio etc., I think that is a bad idea though - C and C++ have historically been used for a lot of projects, and in some cases, it's still useful to be able to make use of legacy C and C++ code in a project; also, to be able to load and use libraries with a C interface in a project.

Nightfox

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