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by paulmooreparks 3691 days ago
Also, writing a compiler covers a lot of the list above. Even a simple language like Brainfuck (my choice for this rite of passage) can teach you a lot. It also gets you into the world of assembly language, which it seems that fewer and fewer new devs are exposed to these days.

(Yep... I'm officially old now. I just played the "kids these days" card.)