Latin: literally natural law. The Romans believed, at least in principal, that the rights of individuals are inalienable from them. This precept maintains that a person is innocent until proven guilty, and that all people should be equal in the eyes of the law and government. Though this precept has …

"Even high-spec machines can run out of memory while compiling parts of the Solana codebase."

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Latin: literally national law. The Romans founded a sophisticated form of government with a basis in law. The Romans understood the distinction between national law, such as those required in the maintenance of state and natural law. See ius naturale.

Building Solidity's compiler solc is nothing short of a bear. It is using complex external dependencies like boost with some optional dependencies. Moreover the build depends on specific versions of these packages. This amount of complexity for a compiler is a topic of another post but it does give me …

The insulae where dilapidated apartment complexes for the poor and landless. The insulae could be as tall as six stories, and could be compared with modern day "tenement complexes" in large cities. The insulae where prone to collapse and fire.

This simple solidity example is super useful for testing transaction processing. It globally sets a value by address which will default to sender but may also be specified.

Solidity AddressStore - Save a value globally on chain