Microsoft has announced new updates for its Secure Future Initiative plans. They include the use of CodeQL in all of its commercial products and a $1 million donation to the Rust Foundation.
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Last month, Microsoft promised that the Windows kernel was about to get Rust-y, and the change would happen within months if not weeks. Microsoft has kept its word as Rust has indeed arrived.
Linux kernel version 6.4 is getting improved Rust code. This was revealed by some of the most recent patches. This update comes hot on the heels of the recent news regarding Windows 11's Rust support.
Microsoft has been working on integrating Rust into Windows for a while. A senior exec David Weston recently confirmed that Rust-based code will soon be booting inside Windows kernel.
The Rust Foundation has been established to act as the steward for the increasingly popular programming language Rust. Its backers include AWS, Huawei, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla.