[ryankey]

Programming languages aren't explicit executable forms, they are abstractions. Unless you are working with machine code or assembly, you're getting the abstract ideas which get expanded by the compiler. What it sounds like you're advocating is to write out 3+3+3+3+3 instead of 3*5 (the latter is assuming).

[gnaritas]

They're executable abstractions, thus they are explicit. And no, that's not what I'm advocating at all. There is no assumption in 3 * 5; * is a defined function, if you need to know how it works you can look. What's important is that it's computable. Notation often isn't, too many implicit assumptions that rely on a trained eye to execute correctly.