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ReflectedImage | 2 months ago

Have you heard of Microsoft's C++ elimination plan? They are building an LLM based transpiler that automatically turns all C++ code into Rust. In a couple of years, there won't be a single line of C++ left... Isn't that wonderful?

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PaulCarrack|1 month ago

Just to be clear -- It's an aspirational research project, much like (Galen's) Azure Sphere from 8 or so years ago. This is NOT Microsoft's official stance.

Galen is a super smart guy, but he's not a decision maker. I have yet to hear that this is actually the official direction Microsoft as a whole is taking, across any of their business segments.

smeeagain2|2 months ago

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ReflectedImage|2 months ago

Yep, not a single line left. Retired quicker than COBOL. Won't even be any maintenance jobs for legacy systems left.