This is a fantastic breakdown! It's rare to find a guide that makes "writing a compiler" sound like a fun weekend hobby instead of a descent into the ninth circle of hell. My favorite part of the dev cycle is definitely the "wait, why did I name it that?" phase. Great post!
The correlation between inequality and fertility is one of the most counter-intuitive parts of demographics. While it's true that the poorest strata often have the most children, that doesn't necessarily mean "fixing inequality" is the lever. In many cases, it's the aspiration of the middle class that kills fertility - the high cost of maintaining a certain standard of living and providing a competitive "start" for one child makes having three or four feel financially impossible
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