Technology giant Microsoft has added another radical decision to its recent list. Galen Hunt, one of the company’s leading engineers, announced a goal to eliminate all lines of C and C++ code within Microsoft by 2030. At the heart of this massive transformation is a new coding infrastructure supported by artificial intelligence and algorithms. To achieve this challenging task, the company announced it is seeking senior software engineers to accelerate the transition to the Rust programming language.
The Goal: 1 Million Lines of Code in 1 Month
The core goal of the project, dubbed the “North Star,” is quite ambitious: 1 engineer, 1 million lines of code in 1 month. To reach this previously unimaginable speed, Microsoft has built a powerful code processing infrastructure. The developed algorithmic system creates a scalable map on the source code, while AI agents use this map to transform the code on a massive scale. It is stated that this system is currently being actively used, particularly for fundamental problems such as code understanding.
While internet users were concerned that the Windows operating system would be written entirely by artificial intelligence following this announcement, Hunt clarified the matter. It was emphasized that this project is a research project to develop technology that will enable cross-language switching. Therefore, there is no definitive strategy change set for Windows 11 and later. Hunt stated that he shared this post to recruit like-minded engineers and that Rust is not the final endpoint.
The main reason behind Microsoft’s desire to move away from C and C++ is memory and concurrency security. Hunt points out that in C, this security can only be achieved with extraordinary discipline and effort, and can be lost with a single mistake. In Rust, however, these security measures can be mathematically proven by the compiler. Considering that a significant 30% of Microsoft code is already written by AI, a transition to full automation doesn’t seem far off.
So, do you think AI writing millions of lines of code alone is a secure future or an invitation to major errors? Share your thoughts in the comments!
