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by brudgers 4081 days ago
Here's some evidence to support the inference regarding the out of order naming:

https://searchcode.com/?q=if%28version%2Cstartswith%28%22win...

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In one of those examples:

> if (osName.indexOf("9") != -1) {

Jesus Hermann Christ. It's not just looking for "Windows 9", it's looking for a "9" anywhere in the version string. Yes, it's under an if clause looking for "Windows" also in the version string, so it won't trigger on "Plan 9" or something, but still it'll get triggered by something like Windows 19.