Warp wrote:
> Compactness does not imply readability. On the contrary.
I'd say that there is only a fairly weak correlation (positive or
negative) between compactness and readability.
x = 2*y*y*y - 3*a*b
is much more readable than
t1 = y*y
t2 = y*t1
t3 = 2*t2
t4 = a*b
t5 = 3*t4
t6 = t3-t5
despite being much more compact. Counter-examples in the opposite
direction are not hard to find either.
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