This strikes me as programming like it's 1999 (1998 actually). It's not the worst by far. But then I wouldn't call it an elevation either. 1. Elegant use of wh

This strikes me as programming like it's 1999 (1998 actually). It's not the worst by far. But then I wouldn't call it an elevation either. 1. Elegant use of white space makes for an easier read. 2. Intermingled declarations and code showed up in C99. 3. C++ style comments rather than block comments. There should be a commentary (and not a recital). 4. camelCase for local variables? Really? 5. Single line if statements make for a hard read.