There must be individual differences at play. I find Go the easiest to read of any language I know (and I've only been looking into it, reading more than writin

There must be individual differences at play. I find Go the easiest to read of any language I know (and I've only been looking into it, reading more than writing, for a few weeks). This is part intrinsic limitations (it's a simple language, and there tends to be one obvious way to do ordinary things), in part culture (a strong leaning towards consistent idioms). Perhaps these aspects of the language are a more natural fit with some of us than others. As for short variable names -- I think they're a readability boon where they are essentially placeholders into common structures that you can read as a whole unit at a glance (counters in loops, readers/writers/buffers in input/output idioms etc), but detrimental elsewhere.