[smitherfield]

Thanks again; very interesting stuff, and I feel like my understanding of the concept here is quite a bit better now. It'd make a good blog post, I think. (I'm probably the only person seeing this convo).

It's a great skill to be able to explain pretty complex topics in "layman's" terms; I don't think I'm alone in having the experience of posing a question to an expert, getting a jargon-heavy answer that takes 30min of Googling to parse (or a condescending one that assumes I'm unfamiliar with basic CS concepts), and left feeling foolish for asking. So kudos to you! :)

[steveklabnik]

Thanks! I've worked very hard at it; it's why my job is docs :) Have a great night (or whatever your time zone is)!

[smitherfield]

Good guess; EDT here/Boston. :) You too!

[steveklabnik]

Brooklyn here. I may show up at the Boston Rust meetup over the next few months!