[derrak]

> if we noted them down, it would have been longer than the code

If you are only noting down requirements of what the program is doing rather than how it should do that thing, I would expect that writing the requirements would necessarily be more succinct than writing the program.

It terrifies me every time I realize people are just jumping into writing code without specifying what that code is required to do. A day of hacking saves an hour of critical thought and planning.