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Microsoft to replace all C/C++ code with Rust

thurrott.com

73 pointsby ape47 months ago63 comments

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ape4

yesterdaydiscuss

I think it's a popular topic because so many people are wondering when our civilization will fall.

ape4

3 days agodiscuss

Yeah, its a bit of a cheat. The best obfuscated C programs have the source looking like a Christmas tree (or something) and then play an xmas song (or whatever)

ape4

5 days agodiscuss

I wonder what the regulations are for this sort of work

ape4

10 days agodiscuss

Why doesn't it have a capybara as its logo!

ape4

22 days agodiscuss

Why not call it .junk-drawer instead ;)

ape4

23 days agodiscuss

So its not a cache for my record collection ;(

ape4

26 days agodiscuss

64 bit was added in WebAssembly 2.0 (finished in 2022 according to Wikipedia). I know what doesn't answer any it wasn't there in the first place.

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last monthdiscuss

Couldn't they reuse the water - after it cooled down.

ape4

last monthdiscuss

Its good you can do that but the command doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

ape4

last monthdiscuss

Comparing a number to zero is something that's done a lot

ape4

2 months agodiscuss

Does google have a option to avoid AI summaries?

ape4

2 months agodiscuss

Ah, I wonder what's change since then.

ape4

2 months agodiscuss

Yeah the exact kind shouldn't matter - just the WebGL capabilities.

ape4

3 months agodiscuss

As a next level beyond coloring... how about adding some interactivity? How about a slider to control the brightness of each type of byte. Turn everything but text to 10% when when you're looking for some words in a binary file.

ape4

3 months agodiscuss

As a non-European I want to say: thanks EU

ape4

3 months agodiscuss

Can it only make compilers for Lisp-like languages

ape4

3 months agodiscuss

Right that's what I meant ... the .ll file. Thanks

ape4

3 months agodiscuss

Would a practical approach be parsing the source into clang's AST format. Then let it make the actual executable.