So you are claiming this arr2 := []int{} for i := range arr1 { if arr1[i] > 9 { arr2 = append(arr2, arr1[i] * 2) } } Is more readable than

So you are claiming this arr2 := []int{} for i := range arr1 { if arr1[i] > 9 { arr2 = append(arr2, arr1[i] * 2) } } Is more readable than these? var arr2 = arr1.Where(x => x > 9).Select(x => x*2); var arr2 = from x in arr1 where x > 9 select x*2; arr2 = [x * 2 for x in arr1 where x > 9] (setf arr2 (loop for x across arr1 when (> x 9) collect (* x 2))) I honestly can't imagine by what measure any of the latter ones could be harder to understand the former. And as the complexity of the expression increases, I only see the advantage increasing typically (though often it pays to split it into multiple comprehensions, just like a loop that does too much).