I Built a Rust Compiler for a 20-Year-Old Mac (Borrow Checker and All)

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A custom Rust-to-PowerPC compiler written in C, targeting Mac OS X Tiger. It runs on real G4 hardware, has a working borrow checker with NLL, generates AltiVec SIMD code, and implements async/await using the select() syscall. The endgame? Firefox on your 2005 Power Mac.

Published 19 Feb 2026
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