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Explain next tick logic

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It was something we forgot and that we don't want to forget. Sending it onto the event loop prevents us from blocking with a long operation, allowing other things on the event loop to happen before a take a possibly long time
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Robert Mennell
2019-01-13 12:49:50 -08:00
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Creates a hash for a value using the [SHA-256](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2) algorithm. Returns a promise.
Use `crypto` API to create a hash for the given value.
Use `crypto` API to create a hash for the given value, `setTimeout` to prevent blocking on a long operation, and a `Promise` to give it a familiar interface.
```js
const crypto = require('crypto');