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    \$\begingroup\$ You had me at snippet of the code. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Mar 5, 2014 at 2:29
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    \$\begingroup\$ Whenever someone describes test-driven development as "do the minimum thing to make the new test pass", this type of code always pops into mind... \$\endgroup\$ Commented Mar 5, 2014 at 4:09
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    \$\begingroup\$ You know you could make this longer if you use else if. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Mar 5, 2014 at 6:04
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    \$\begingroup\$ You could also define separate named constants for each of the integers (LEFT_SIDE_NEG_2147483648 = -2147483648)... it's good practice to use descriptive names instead of hard-coded values, you know. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Mar 5, 2014 at 6:17
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    \$\begingroup\$ Did they pay you per line of code? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Mar 5, 2014 at 8:51