Compilers often translate source code for a high-level language, such as C++, to object code for the current computer architecture, such as Intel x64. The object modules produced from multiple ...

Microsoft is taking an impressive step in modernizing its biggest codebases and will eliminate all C/C++ code by the end of ...

Microsoft aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language across its largest codebases by the ...

If you have an opinion about C++, chances are you either love it for its extensiveness and versatility, or you hate it for its bloated complexity and would rather stick to alternative languages on ...

Compilers: can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em – at least not if you write code for a living. Compilers are great at taking your hand crafted human-readable program, translating it into ...

Microsoft may be gearing up for one of the boldest engineering transformations the software industry has seen in decades. A ...

Windows 10 security: 'So good, it can block zero-days without being patched' Systems running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update were shielded from two exploits even before Microsoft had issued patches ...

Microsoft is bringing GitHub Copilot’s most advanced Visual Studio integration to C++, allowing the AI assistant to tap into the compiler's understanding of whole C++ codebases.

Galen Hunt, Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, recently described his ambitious target of replacing all C and C++ code at his ...

Wants to get all rusty Software King of the World, Microsoft, wants to burn its C and C++ bridges and will modernise its ...