One character: a plain compare loop. Correct.
Not surprisingly, I get slight hints of Claudism in the text.
AI "opening" the source of software is one of the best things I've seen going for it so far.
It could slow down progress.
Who beside the open source community develops new features if they can be easily copied?
Given they don't have the code, I think it's fair enough here. Sounds like with it, it would have been much easier to find.