[cgriswald]

> Well, even in itself, it is wrong.

I am not in disagreement with you about whether it is wrong, I am in disagreement with you about why it is wrong.

The counter argument was that Y is wrong and X is Y, therefore X is wrong. While this is a valid argument, it is not sound, because X is not Y.

> ... succinctness is quite orthogonal to readability ...

There is a relationship between succinctness and readability. The relationship is definitely not directly proportional as the pwd_mkdb's post could be read to imply, but to say there is no relationship between the two is flatly absurd.