This comes up a lot in these discussions and I believe Arthur better understands 6 pages of code written like that than someone else can comprehend 30 pages of

This comes up a lot in these discussions and I believe Arthur better understands 6 pages of code written like that than someone else can comprehend 30 pages of the equivalent idiomatic code. He writes APL/K for a living, so making the C fit closer makes more sense in my eyes as it matches his thought process better. I sympathize with hating scrolling in how it hurts your ability to see everything at once.