[happytoexplain]

This is elitist. The whole point of the OP is to describe it for the "layman", and you've curtly declared yours suitable "for anyone" - an even broader term - and yet now you're claiming it's supposed to be only for programmers, when reality is still further from your claim: That it is for programmers with a certain level of math knowledge (when in fact, ironically, anybody can understand diffie-hellman without needing to know the mathematical terms and notation).

Even allowing that you meant "programmers" originally, "programming" covers a massive field of knowledge sets. For example, I know what exponentiation and modular arithmetic are, but I can't derive the practical implications from your example without further research. I also have no idea what "g" is.

[anon_tor_12345]

I guess eighth grade arithmetic is elitest now <shrug>

[helloworld11]

Was feeling briefly superior the purpose of your little half-baked discourse, or did you actually intend to demonstrate something useful as a learning tool? Hard to tell.