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Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030 (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 months ago by hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] vin@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I think the number of lines to be deleted is the target 1M...

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[–] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

yeah it's "replace 1M lines of current code with whatever it takes to do the same task."

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