How to Optimize your Rust Program for Slowness

Write a Short Program That Finishes After the Universe Dies Source: openai.com/dall-e-2 . All other figures from the author. Also available: A talk on this article . A Python version of this article . Everyone talks about making Rust programs faster [ 1 , 2 , 3 ], but what if we pursue the opposite goal? Let’s explore how to make them slower — absurdly slower . Along the way, we’ll examine the nature of computation, the role of memory, and the scale of unimaginably large numbers. Our guiding challe