DARPA wants to accelerate translation of C code to Rust - and it's relying on AI to do it
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from ITPro2 months ago
The C programming language, ubiquitous since the 1970s, poses serious memory safety vulnerabilities, necessitating a shift to safer languages like Rust, as voiced by DARPA.
ITProhttps://www.itpro.com/software/development/darpa-wants-to-accelerate-translation-of-c-code-to-rust-and-its-relying-on-ai-to-do-it
DARPA acknowledges the software engineering community's view that current bug-finding tools fail to sufficiently address memory issues found in legacy C code, hence the push towards modernization.
ITProhttps://www.itpro.com/software/development/darpa-wants-to-accelerate-translation-of-c-code-to-rust-and-its-relying-on-ai-to-do-it
With up to 70% of vulnerabilities traced back to C and C++, there's a pressing need for organizations to transition to more secure programming languages to mitigate risks.
ITProhttps://www.itpro.com/software/development/darpa-wants-to-accelerate-translation-of-c-code-to-rust-and-its-relying-on-ai-to-do-it
The DARPA initiative, Translating All C to Rust, represents a crucial effort to automate the upgrade of legacy C code to improve memory safety and combat vulnerabilities.
ITProhttps://www.itpro.com/software/development/darpa-wants-to-accelerate-translation-of-c-code-to-rust-and-its-relying-on-ai-to-do-it
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