Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down19cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareranzispa@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 months agoI mean, if this is true and it works it is not too far fetched. You’d mostly be checking that tests still make sense and that they pass. Microsoft scientists have worked on a tool that automatically converts some C code to Rust.
I mean, if this is true and it works it is not too far fetched. You’d mostly be checking that tests still make sense and that they pass.