Is spent debugging trivial issues or frustrating race conditions. Guarantees made by the compiler give the developer much greater confidence thatĬompiling code will be correct beyond memory safety vulnerabilities. Rust as a developer is a breath of fresh air. Great dev experienceįor C++ developers used to writing complex systems, using It’s a good choice for those looking to avoid common mistakes that often lead to security vulnerabilities in C++ code bases. Though the project is not yet finished, I can say that my experience with Rust has been generally positive. Instead of rewriting the code in C++, I was asked to use Rust, a memory-safe alternative. Recently, I’ve been tasked with an experimental rewrite of a low-level system component of the Windows codebase (sorry, we can’t say which one yet). This blog describes part of the story of Rust adoption at Microsoft. Want to talk with some of the people working on how Microsoft is evolving itsĬode practices for better security, be sure to attend the keynote and talk to Talking about why Microsoft is exploring Rust adoption, some of the challenges we’veįaced in this process, and the future of Rust adoption in Microsoft. This Saturday 9 th of November, there will be a keynote from MicrosoftĮngineers Ryan Levick and Sebastian Fernandez at RustFest Barcelona.

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