Like others, I think this is a problem with programming in general. Reading a lot of code, you will see patterns where people are using the things they know. I

Like others, I think this is a problem with programming in general. Reading a lot of code, you will see patterns where people are using the things they know. I have seen in Lisp, APL (particularly k), Prolog and Forth (but also Haskell) that people spend far more time thinking and reworking possible solutions than you see in Python, C# and C++. With k especially, there is this drive to work to Arthur his dream of not having to scroll. I never got the write only aspect either; when you get used to the symbols and tenseness, it is really not that hard. I find it really a pleasure to not have to click through 100s of files. Especially as I get older and my memory gets worse, APL/k/j are really working; you do really not have to remember things as they are there, in front of you all the time while you work on the next part.