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by kazinator 3250 days ago
> it looks like line noise at first, but that is because it's designed to get its job done as efficiently as possible.

Myth: line noise syntax required for efficient machine code.

Teenagers believed this about C versus Pascal in the 1980's. "Stuff like while (* s++ = * d++); looks faster so it must be."

Or else, what do you mean by efficiency?

Cheaper software engineering life-cycle, end-to-end?

Fewer keystrokes?