Microsoft's Big Bet on Rust

Microsoft is writing more code in Rust (a memory safe "cousin" of C++).  It is also investing time in developing the language ecosystem in its role as a founding member of the Rust Foundation.

This is due to 1) performance 2) memory safety and 3) developer mindshare.

Mark-R has called for a halting of new code in C and C++ and using Rust 

"for those scenarios where a non-GC language is required".

Linus has also confirmed Version 6.1 of the Linux kernel will use Rust.

Rust was created by Graydon Hoare in 2006 while working at Mozilla as a personal side project to solve memory safety and concurrency issues in systems languages like C and C++.

Other companies that have embraced Rust include Cloudflare who coded up Pingora in Rust to overcome limitations in nginx.