"Code should be written in a way it is more readable, not shorter." Personally I think sometimes shorter code, that gets rid of unnecessary bureaucracy, is mor

"Code should be written in a way it is more readable, not shorter." Personally I think sometimes shorter code, that gets rid of unnecessary bureaucracy, is more readable. For example, C++ recently (in the past decade...) gained range based iteration. Previously: for(containe_type::iterator i = my_container.begin(); i != my_container.end(); i++){ do_stuff(i); } Now: for(auto& i : my_container) { do_stuff(i); } This is really context sensitive. Some code benefits from verbosity while other don't.