[aaplok]

Nice article, and nicely written.

> My code from attempt #3 was effectively using base-255, with each byte acting as a single "digit".

I think the author means base-256, not base-255.

[SAI_Peregrinus]

There are famously 3 hard problems in computer science.

    1) Naming things 
    2) Cach3) Concurr invalidation
    ency 
    4) Off-by-one errors