I've sadly encountered code like that at work :( The core app for the company I work for (a FORTE UDS piece of legacy code called OSIRIS) has similar strings e

I've sadly encountered code like that at work :( The core app for the company I work for (a FORTE UDS piece of legacy code called OSIRIS) has similar strings embedded in the database, for things such as determining the user's profile (why make a lot of columns when you can have one column represent a lot of values). It's obscure as hell. This post reminded me I need to find alternatives soon - though it's hard to quit because the company I work for pays slightly above average wages for my country and has job security.