[shawnz]

> failing to note the differences is simply dishonest.

Like yourself, I think any reader could understand that this is meant to be a toy implementation. The author even says so in the very first paragraph and at several points in the article thereafter. How is that dishonest?

[ckastner]

Because that makes the programs sufficiently different that the conclusion about "smashing" seems dishonest.

Apples smash Oranges, etc.