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

Honestly migrating from one language to another night actually be one of the best use cases for AI, if you don’t change the architecture much it should be doable especially if it’s a well tested codebase.

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franzbroetchen@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Maybe if the languages are very similar. If you convert C to Rust using AI it might work well but will most definitely not leverage the unique features of Rust. Might as well stay with C in that case. Migrating from an object oriented language like C++ to a procedural language such as Rust will most likely produce a burning pile of shit

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lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

especially if it’s a well tested codebase.

So not for microsoft products then.

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phlegmy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
In theory.
But there’s no doubt all their tests will also be shat out from an LLM.

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