Interesting proof. I believe this does sufficiently prove BREVITY isn't the only consideration one must take while creating a language design. Fortunately, PG a

Interesting proof. I believe this does sufficiently prove BREVITY isn't the only consideration one must take while creating a language design. Fortunately, PG also considers other things as well, such as generality and flexibility. I agree incidentally, Arc' sounds like a terrible language. :P I believe the problem you may have with the "succinctness is power" philosophy PG uses is merely a matter of communication; the sad part about the English language (or any spoken language), is that it isn't perfect, and there is no way to exactly specify the full description of what he means by "power". Why? People learn most of their language in context, and depending on how that individual learned it and that persons professional and unprofessional background, there may be subtly different definitions of the way they use words. For example, a mathematician has a significantly different definition of the word "equal" than, say, the lady who works at the register of the local McDonald's.