Ahh, the things you can find in an old, gigantic system! Chris B recently uncovered this gem in an old Java application. It might be misnamed, but then again... how could one possibly describe what this is supposed to do...

/**
 * Description:
 * On Entry:
 * On Exit:
 * Creation date: (14/02/02 3:45:08 PM)
 * @return boolean
 * @param theStringToCompareTo java.lang.String
 * @param theStringToCompareFrom java.lang.String
 */
public boolean containsNotEqualBackwards
            (String theStringToCompareFrom, String theStringToCompareTo) 
{
    if (theStringToCompareFrom.equals(theStringToCompareTo))
        return false;
    else 
    {
        StringBuffer compareTo = new StringBuffer(theStringToCompareTo).reverse();
        StringBuffer compareFrom = new StringBuffer(theStringToCompareFrom).reverse();
        return (compareFrom.substring(0,11).trim().equals(compareTo.toString().trim()));
    }
}
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