Microslop’s discovered Rust is faster than Javascript.
But “there are hidden dangers in using Rust” because it “does not stop the agent writing the wrong program correctly”.
It’s like these people have had their brains sucked out & are now gleefully rediscovering wooden blocks & primary colours.
https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/18/microsoft-agentically-ports-copilot-runtime-to-rust-for-120k/5297549
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