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Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030 (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 52 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Surely there's no way for Microsoft to vibe-fuck their OS.

Surely.

Surely.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

“Our strategy is to combine AI and Algorithms to rewrite Microsoft’s largest codebases,” he added. “Our North Star is ‘1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.’”

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

That's OK. I'm using Linux. Perhaps this will drive more people to Linux. The less people using corporate owned tools the better.