[sanderjd]

I really liked that article and it was super fun to read, but as I read the OP, I found myself thinking, "wow, this is a much more succinct and far clearer version". I sent Paul Ford's article to my friends and family, and none of them read it because it didn't pay off with an answer to the title question for many thousands of words. This article seems like a better one to send people who really don't know what people mean when they talk about "code".