That's a weird example to use, because it could have a great deal of significance later on. I seem to vaguely recall something along those lines where the protagonist was, um, forcibly conceived, and many years later while pursuing a similar case, found out that the supposed criminal he was investigating was his father.

So, I'm curious. What did you think the author meant to imply by including all those pages and pages? Imho, the author conveyed a great deal of relevant information. I'm also guessing that you don't know a great deal about programming languages.