Microsoft is using AI to purge C and C++ from its codebase by 2030

Microsoft will soon have millions of lines of new code written to replace C and C++. A combination of AI, algorithms, and ...

Microsoft aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language

Microsoft aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language across its largest codebases by the ...

Microsoft to Replace All C/C++ Code With Rust by 2030

Microsoft is taking an impressive step in modernizing its biggest codebases and will eliminate all C/C++ code by the end of ...
Morning Overview on MSN

A Microsoft engineer explains the "C/C++ gone by 2030" chatter

When a senior Microsoft engineer floated the idea of wiping out C and C++ from the company’s codebase by 2030, the remark ...

Microsoft engineer walks back claim on eliminating C and C++: No plan to rewrite Windows

Microsoft engineer Galen Hunt has clarified that his comments about eliminating C and C++ were about a research project on ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft previews C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot

Public preview of Microsoft’s C++ tools for the AI coding assistant are available in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders.
ZDNet

VS Code: New C++ language extension brings Microsoft's code-completion to Raspberry Pi 4

Microsoft has released a new version of the C++ extension for its popular Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor. The new release is an official VS Code C++ extension for Windows 10 and Linux ...