That's a strawman. We're not advocating for terseness in character count (otherwise we'd be using languages like APL and Jelly), but for better abstractions. Th

That's a strawman. We're not advocating for terseness in character count (otherwise we'd be using languages like APL and Jelly), but for better abstractions. There are other benefits than character count. * Having a lot of repetitive code makes it easy to make a mistake when you edit one copy and forget about the others. * A lack of abstraction can obscure intent, making you focus on implementation details. * Having less code overall makes it easier to keep track of it in your head.