Rust compiler in PHP emitting x86-64 executables

Picture this: PHP — the language your cousin used to build that weird wedding RSVP site — now compiling Rust directly to x86-64 Linux ELF binaries with zero LLVM, zero assembler, zero linker in between. @mrconter1 built a full Rust compiler in PHP that handles ownership, borrow checking, generics, traits, closures, and iterators, then emits machine code your kernel will actually execute. Is it replacing rustc? Obviously not. But it is genuinely low-key incredible — a proof of concept that the gap between "toy project" and "real engineering" is mostly just audacity and willingness to read the LLVM source code and then go "actually, I don't need you." If you're even a little bit obsessed with compilers or low-level systems, this repo deserves five minutes of your time.