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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