[root_axis]

Sure, and I think we can all agree that this type of refactoring is useful, but I have worked with many developers that really take this anti-LoC idea to heart and end up producing difficult to read code because they are so focused on finding the most terse way to express logic.

[majewsky]

A favorite quip of mine is that I dislike Ruby because the entire community optimizes for one-liners.

[collyw]

Back in my days of writing Perl one liners were also kind of encouraged, because usually it would likely be more performant. At least thats what some instructors told us.