* performed at the front of each bin. This makes it easy to check changes, and also fast to
     * traverse. When nodes would otherwise be changed, new nodes are created to replace them. This
     * works well for hash tables since the bin lists tend to be short. (The average length is less
     * than two.)
     *

 * "value" of a successful step or the "result" (value or exception) of any step.
 *
 * <ol>
 *   <li>A pipeline starts at its leaf step (or steps), which is created from either a callable
 *       block or a {@link ListenableFuture}.
 *   <li>Each other step is derived from one or more input steps. At each step, zero or more objects
 *       can be captured for later closing.

     * performed at the front of each bin. This makes it easy to check changes, and also fast to
     * traverse. When nodes would otherwise be changed, new nodes are created to replace them. This
     * works well for hash tables since the bin lists tend to be short. (The average length is less
     * than two.)
     *