I believe the intent was not to misspell (because clearly given one side of the coin being 'read' the word 'rite' is clearly meant to be its counterpart) but wa

I believe the intent was not to misspell (because clearly given one side of the coin being 'read' the word 'rite' is clearly meant to be its counterpart) but was to make for neat alignment of the variable declarations. char w, r might have been easier and less twinge inducing, but I think it important to correct the misgiving that the person writing 'rite' was not misspelling but making a deliberate choice to align their variables. His own form of OCD, a trait common in good programmers.