I prefer less terse code for readability too. LOC is a decent approximation for complexity but it breaks down when people optimize for it. It's a tricky proble

I prefer less terse code for readability too. LOC is a decent approximation for complexity but it breaks down when people optimize for it. It's a tricky problem to decide which idioms are most expressive/readable/maintainable as it's has a group dynamic. My rule of thumb, if I feel I've written clever code it's time to rethink approach.