I know you are being sarcastic, but remember that there was no community at that time. And besides, open source code would have meant that other countries would

I know you are being sarcastic, but remember that there was no community at that time. And besides, open source code would have meant that other countries would have gotten it. Also, check this out: http://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff http://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff Very different from how a typical Node.js left pad module is implemented.