> Strings are just an array of unicode codepoints rather than "characters", so all I'm doing is asking for the first three of those codepoints.
"Ice trays are just a pile of molecules rather than "cubes", so all I'm doing is separating those molecules", he states as he activates the igniter.
> Substring is a broken operation? What's the justification for that idea?
You take a thing and you mangle beyond recognition without regards for its purpose or meaning. That's like considering the jaws of life a normal part of opening a door to take a piss at work.
Strings are just an array of unicode codepoints rather than "characters", so all I'm doing is asking for the first three of those codepoints.
> Though in reality, indexing strings is a broken operation. That you’re using it at all is the core issue.
Substring is a broken operation? What's the justification for that idea?