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Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030 - Plans move to Rust, with help from AI (www.theregister.com)

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Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030

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[–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

easier for humans to use...

And that is my point. The primary purpose for all these abstractions is for humans to use. It's first and foremost designed to be read and understood by humans, to make programming easier for humans.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 2 points 11 hours ago

I mean yeah I guess that's its primary purpose if you totally ignore the fundamental thing it's meant to be doing.

It's like saying the primary purpose of a seatbelt is to be easy to fasten and unfasten.

[–] crabsoft@gamerstavern.online 3 points 22 hours ago

@mr_satan @FizzyOrange

That is a far cry from where we started.

"Code is primarily to communicate from human-to-human, and only incidentally for computers to execute"