Chromium, the open-source project behind Google Chrome, is enabling new support for Rust in its otherwise C++ codebase, if only in a limited fashion for now. Chromium, the project underpinning ...

Facebook has joined the Rust Foundation, the organization driving the Rust programming language, alongside Amazon Web Services, Google, Huawei, Microsoft, and Mozilla. Facebook is the latest tech ...

In context: Rust is a contemporary, general-purpose programming language designed to inherently ensure memory safety. Programs written in Rust are notably more secure, as various classes of bugs and ...

Could Microsoft switch from its use of C, C++, and C# to other languages? A recent blog post from the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) suggested that it might well be looking at alternatives, ...

A survey of Rust users finds difficulty and frustration with the language’s highly touted features for memory safety and correctness A new survey of the Rust user community, conducted by the Rust ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Soroosh Khodami discusses why we aren't ready ...

When Fortanix launched in 2016, the company made a decision: It would commit to the one-year-old Rust's programming language to benefit from its security strengths and performance. Seven years later, ...

[Click on image for larger view.] The rust-analyzer Extension (source: Microsoft). "Rust is a powerful programming language, often used for systems programming where performance and correctness are ...

Rust has become a hot programming language lately, even being considered as a safer alternative to C/C++ by Microsoft's security team. So what is the No. 1 editor/IDE for "Rustaceans," whose favorite ...

When Microsoft wanted to rewrite a security-critical network processing agent to eliminate memory-safety vulnerabilities causing recurring headaches for the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), ...