[coldtea]

>concision gets me less code to read. that's how i define "readability".

That's a bad definition. Readability should be: "code easier to read", not just "less code to read" -- since less is not always easier and can even be much harder.

Case in point: the J language.

Or "magic" constructs that do too much under the scenes and don't let you immediately understand what a part of code is doing.