Microsoft engineer clarifies speculation around plans to 'eliminate' C, C++ languages by 2030

• Speculation arose after a Microsoft Engineer's LinkedIn post suggested C++ replacement
• The engineer has since clarified this is a research project, not Microsoft plan
• Microsoft is moving towards Rust becoming its "1st class language"

In a LinkedIn post from Microsoft engineer Galen Hunt has generated a fair bit of talk after sharing his goal to "eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030" - even advertising an open position on his team to move towards this.

The role’s purpose was to "help us [Microsoft] evolve and augment our infrastructure to enable translating Microsoft’s largest C and C++ systems to Rust" – with Hunt explaining that "powerful code processing infrastructure" has already been built.

However, the engineer has since updated his post to say "Just to clarify... Windows is *NOT* being rewritten in Rust with AI [...] My team’s project is a ...