> Why would anyone think that a verbose language is a good idea? What if you are a "sometimes" programmer -- you write some code, then come back to it months l

> Why would anyone think that a verbose language is a good idea? What if you are a "sometimes" programmer -- you write some code, then come back to it months later. In many ways this was the intent behind the development of early personal computing. Verbosity is an advantage in these cases because in theory it becomes easier to discern what is going on without having to be immersed in the language, frameworks, and environment all the time.