Compiling Rust code on a Pentium 2 at 233MHz
An answer for a question no one asked and no one wanted (except me) but using the Rust compiler version 1.56 and Cargo, both built from source for i586 machines I have been able to compile programs on a P2-233.
I did originally try to get it running on an original Pentium but due to some problems even after spending hours fiddling with FCF Protection and CET flags, I wasn't able to get Rust to run due to illegal opcodes being emitted by LLVM (endbr32), which excludes anything below a P2.
use tokio;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
println!("Hello World, I am a Pentium II");
}
Updating the Crates.io index the night before trying this took 2hr 40 minutes alone, most of which was git resolving deltas.
It took just under 5 hours to compile a few lines of code and its dependencies.
Sometimes I see people complain about how it took their machine 30 seconds to cold compile.
Maybe they should code on this and see if it changes their attitude :P
