This is much more shallow than I'd expect of Peter, and he will also have known the history, ie why the decisions were taken. FWIW, assuming about 5 bits of ap

This is much more shallow than I'd expect of Peter, and he will also have known the history, ie why the decisions were taken. FWIW, assuming about 5 bits of apparent entropy per typical String character was not unreasonable. (I used to work with Peter many years ago: he is a smart and thoughtful chap.)