I would laugh, but I know I've written similar clunky code while thinking about the more complicated problem at hand (especially if in a rush). Also, this is a

I would laugh, but I know I've written similar clunky code while thinking about the more complicated problem at hand (especially if in a rush). Also, this is a neat example to show how novices/beginners learn how to program. They don't think about conditionals operating on booleans, the result of an expression like (1 == 2). And, they overall just seem to treat booleans differently. Seems silly once you've internalized it, but I'm sure we all make this realization while we're learning.