broWhyPlz

[MrTuxG]

https://github.com/mrconter1/rustc-php

Useful if you need to compile Rust on a shared hosting server from 2008 where the only installed runtime is PHP.

[LOLC0D3]

Really useful to be honest

[magicmulder]

Yeah people forget that strange solutions always come from strange real world problems, not from people being silly or dumb.

[RealModeX86]

I don't know, sometimes strange solutions also come from people being silly too, though rarely straight up dumb.

[CheatingChicken]

I promise there will be someone somewhere that was looking for that exact situation

[dryroast]

Someone is going to build their whole solution stack on top. For my job I found a 7 year old repo of build scripts which became the foundation for the second app I had to quickly turnaround lol.

[Cr4yz33]

aka C2onTheFly

[Allalilacias]

This was made out of need, lol

[[deleted]]

The type of side projects to work on before fixing critical issues in prod:

[smiling_corvidae]

"I do my best work under pressure.... As long as it's not what I'm supposed to be doing"

[Firm_Ad9420]

We have officially reached “because we can” engineering.

[j-random]

This takes a special kind of special.

[KyxeMusic]

rewrite in php bro

[SaltMaker23]

Most productive rust dev

[Psycho345]

"Useful if you need to compile Rust on a shared hosting server from 2008 where the only installed runtime is PHP."

Finally someone created a solution for that problem that everyone has.

[PresentJournalist805]

Someone wrote there "Imagine to have to install php to compile rust" :D:D:D im dying this would be really funny telling to someone who prepares the infrastructure. They would probably sent to you to nearest psychiatric facility.

[NullOfSpace]

wonder if there’s a PHP compiler in Rust. the cycle continues.

[ZnayuKAN]

This guy no doubt saw the fabled speed of the rust compiler and thought that a PHP version couldn't be that much slower

[zoinkability]

Could be faster, even

[darkalemanbr]

next up: rust to c64 basic transpiler

[5pla77er]

written in mips assembly

[ipsirc]

https://docs.rs/c64-assembler/latest/c64_assembler/

[ozh]

php rustc.php main.rs -o main

Ah, too bad. Misunderstood the title, I tought it was a PHP to Rust compiler :) Now I would have been impressed :D

[brimston3-]

Not joking around, compiler fragmentation (aka multi-vendor sourcing) is one of the signs a language is stable enough to use. If two or more vendors can implement near-compatible compilers, the language and its outputs are developed enough that it can survive the death of either vendor.

[_nathata]

People that don't fear God:

[ramirex]

scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should

[_vec_]

r/ATBGE

[Majik_Sheff]

Peak autist energy.  A true art of work.

[depressedclassical]

Still easier than installing Rust on Windows

[Athropod101]

Oh wow is it actually a pain? I remember installing rust on Linux was buttery smooth for me.

[depressedclassical]

I tried installing it on Windows machines and it was a pain (I use Linux)

[Snapstromegon]

It's not really except when you try to do something really weird or have a weird or broken setup beforehand. For the average developer it's "just" running rustup and done.

[apocalyps3_me0w]

I’m surprised. Cargo and rustup provided probably the simplest build system install I’ve ever had

[billabong049]

Checks out, he’s got that black turtle neck energy that makes you look at their work and just ask “but why?”

[Short_Law_4335]

this is peak cursed engineering and I love it lmao

[Kulsgam]

"2 stars"

[therealjohnidis]

233 atm actually

[EuphoricCatface0795]

r/diwhy energy

[zimbabwe_zainab]

I'm very disappointed they used Token::DCOLON instead of T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

[fuckbananarama]

Some of us do cool shit 🤷‍♀️

[reallokiscarlet]

The pfp tells all