As with anything else this depends on context (code, assignment, goals, etc). One sentiment that I share with OP is that somehow, you do feel less pressure to o

As with anything else this depends on context (code, assignment, goals, etc). One sentiment that I share with OP is that somehow, you do feel less pressure to over-dry than other languages. Probably because (1) more code doesn't necessarily feel like more bug surface (2) you can avoid a class of issues like parameter (mis)usage and excessive branching that you would need to satisfy de-duping. Obviously trivial cases of code duplication could/should be resolved, but for less than trivial cases sometimes its just fine to cmd-c & cmd-v with some minor use-driven modifications. Remember the lib versions of many of these snippets need many many parameters to satisfy everyone's needs.