I think it's worth noting that the examples in the article are the way they are for the sake of demonstration. In that context, I very much appreciated the expl

I think it's worth noting that the examples in the article are the way they are for the sake of demonstration. In that context, I very much appreciated the explanations even as a fairly seasoned programmer; I knew more or less how to do these transformations, but not what they were called and how I might explain in words why I'm doing them.