> Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. That's true of programs that are written to be used and maintaine

> Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. That's true of programs that are written to be used and maintained over a period of time. Shell programs like that are mostly system configuration and installation scripts; they are not written that often compared to throw-away one-liners that most shell users write every day. I'd hate to use even a regular programming language for the daily tasks, let alone a verbose one.