Short identifiers, long lines, combining on one line. Seems to be oriented toward minimizing lines of code, or conversely maximizing code visible at a fixed ver

Short identifiers, long lines, combining on one line. Seems to be oriented toward minimizing lines of code, or conversely maximizing code visible at a fixed vertical screen/window size. Is there a reason this is particularly useful or important for this kind of code, or is it more idiosyncratic than that?