That is not true, to the point it'd be fun to make a contest where each line has to look simple, but the result is hard to understand or easy to misunderstand.

That is not true, to the point it'd be fun to make a contest where each line has to look simple, but the result is hard to understand or easy to misunderstand. Sort of like the underhanded C code contest, but optimizing for simple parts that create a complex whole.