Thank you Mathias. I'm trying very hard to understand the code I come across and why certain things work the way they do. With the intention of removing those weapon proficiency feats entirely, it makes sense that they do nothing, aside from cause me grief.
More digging and I see that "result =" is an archaic version of perform. This is also very helpful as now I'm less confused by why Simple Weapon Proficiencies and Martial Weapon Profciencies have different eval scripts.