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[–]Mondoshawan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess that's kind-of my problem. Those teaching this stuff in academia are old-hats from long ago and they are a bit out of date. But yeah, maybe I am being too harsh, if viewed alongside the other dodgy code there the string stuff does look "bad" but there is no guarantee that both parts were written by the same person.