• @echo64@lemmy.world
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    810 months ago

    It’s more likely that they see rust as a good successor to their legacy c++ code. Microsoft has always been heavily invested in C++ after all.

    They don’t want to sell rust. It’s not a money maker for them.

    • bluGill
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      710 months ago

      The article is clear that this is about C# not C++. Is the romance for managed languages wearing off - I wonder what issues they are seeing.

      Microsoft is big in C++, but they are also pushing C++ to be a lot safer. Modern C++ isn’t as safe as rust, but it is still much safer than C or C++98.

      • @notriddle@programming.dev
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        110 months ago

        Tail latency and memory usage?

        It’s hard for me to come up with any other big advantages that Rust has and C# couldn’t easily lift.