I'm a bit curious about the constant need of hkts. I had a fairly manufactured answer to the following question, which would have saved a couple keystrokes with

I'm a bit curious about the constant need of hkts. I had a fairly manufactured answer to the following question, which would have saved a couple keystrokes with hkts, but I don't yet get why it is constantly so high on the request list. It seems like something that is cool in theory but would rarely be used in real world code. https://stackoverflow.com/q/21170493/171121 https://stackoverflow.com/q/21170493/171121