From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:41:: with SMTP id t1mr27407402qkt.423.1563389605637; Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:53:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:da43:: with SMTP id r64mr19690592oig.0.1563389605280; Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:53:25 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!b26no8247082qtq.0!news-out.google.com!a5ni836qtd.0!nntp.google.com!b26no8247072qtq.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:53:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <01e1fc91-a20e-4b48-a10e-57d3935cd06c@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=213.108.152.51; posting-account=bMuEOQoAAACUUr_ghL3RBIi5neBZ5w_S NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.108.152.51 References: <01e1fc91-a20e-4b48-a10e-57d3935cd06c@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Microsoft is considering moving to Rust; potential opportunity for Ada2020 From: Maciej Sobczak Injection-Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 18:53:25 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:56879 Date: 2019-07-17T11:53:24-07:00 List-Id: > https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-explore-using-rust "The OS maker has been looking for safer C and C++ alternatives for years." And? What makes the current context so much different, to enable the change= this time? Certainly, now there are even more legacy apps than years ago, thus making = the potential change even more difficult than it was already when they deci= ded not to change. What I find the most interesting in this article, however, is that apparent= ly C# did not make it as a preferred language in the Microsoft ecosystem. N= ot even after all the billions thrown into its marketing. This makes me eve= n more skeptical about alternatives. --=20 Maciej Sobczak * http://www.inspirel.com