Google's Chrome security team is exploring how Rust could be supported in Chromium's C++ codebase. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer Jan. 13, 2023 at 3:49 a.m. PT Image: Maskot/Getty Images ...

The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.

SEE: Python programming language: Now you can take NSA's free course for beginners He also notes some of the security advantages Rust has over C++, which is widely used at Microsoft. "While [Rust ...

For decades, coders wrote critical systems in C and C++. Now they turn to Rust. Many software projects emerge because—somewhere out there—a programmer had a personal problem to solve. That’s ...

Google recently rewrote the firmware for protected virtual machines in its Android Virtualization Framework using the Rust programming language and wants you to do the same, assuming you deal with ...

But because Rust produces more secure code and, crucially, doesn't worsen performance to do it, the language has been steadily gaining adherents and now is at a turning point.

Elsewhere in the TIOBE Index, the programming language Go rose to position seven, a year-over-year doubling of its spot in the rankings. Rust reached an all-time high of 17th place.