[polishninja]

Thank you for the insightful comment. Too often I have worked with developers that assume the original programmer was being difficult, didn't understand how to write proper code, or was inexperienced. They precede to rip out the code and re-write it "their" way.

When I come across code I don't understand I base my assumptions on the belief that the original programmer was smart, knew what they were doing, and had specific reasons writing the code as such.