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by lhoursquentin 2128 days ago
> Remember readable means that you can read and understand it

Yes you are right, my usage of "readable" was probably wrong there.

Maybe the point I was trying to make was less about the individual constructs but more about how the lack of "common" features makes the whole program less "understandable", or maybe less easy to get familiar with, simply due to the amount of code needed to achieve a specific task.

The same way assembly is considered less "readable" than C. Not because assembly is less readable on a line by line basis, it's even simpler, but because of the number of lines and operations needed to achieve a simple task.

Basically it's easier to understand 10 lines than a 1000.