It's a trade-off, though: Compactness and visual variety can help readability. There's a reason why symbolic math notation won out, and why the most regular and

It's a trade-off, though: Compactness and visual variety can help readability. There's a reason why symbolic math notation won out, and why the most regular and/or verbal languages (eg Lisp, Cobol) haven't won over everyone's hearts and minds.