The guy also liked Microsoft's ecosystem (despite coding for a Linux backend) and drove a Chinese-made SUV. I'm comfortable writing off the `switch` pattern as

The guy also liked Microsoft's ecosystem (despite coding for a Linux backend) and drove a Chinese-made SUV. I'm comfortable writing off the `switch` pattern as another one of his idiosyncrasies. It also annoyed everyone who came across his code, just as his political views irked people outside of keyboard-mashing time.