Man, you are reading way <i>way</i> too far into what I said.  Aren't introverts like us supposed to always be taking statements at face value?  And isn't what I said true?  Attacks like "algorithms junkie", and completely shoving words into my mouth just make me not want to be here anymore.<p>For the record, I write software rasterizers for fun.  I optimize code using SSE2.  I code mainly in C++.  I am the target audience for this article.  Maybe you were trying to illustrate a contrasting point of view, which is fine, but it is stupid to make it so personal.