Microsoft engineer Galen Hunt has clarified that his comments about eliminating C and C++ were about a research project on ...
The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...
Given how slow Microsoft has been at adding some major features to Windows 11, the goal of removing every line of C and C++ ...
Microsoft aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language across its largest codebases by the ...
Only 30% of software engineering happens on the laptop. The real 70% starts after you commit the code,” says Jyoti Bansal ...
A Microsoft engineer has clarified that a project aiming to rewrite millions of lines of code using AI and Rust is purely research-focused, not a concrete plan to eliminate C/C++ from Windows by 2030.
The two languages currently play a major role in Microsoft’s products. C is deeply embedded in the Windows kernel and many ...