> “Don't complain that Chinese is ugly and unreadable just because you speak English as your native tongue.” The analogy here slightly breaks down since there

> “Don't complain that Chinese is ugly and unreadable just because you speak English as your native tongue.” The analogy here slightly breaks down since there are billions of people who speak and read Chinese already, while apparently the coding style in question is more of a niche thing trying to justify itself. I don't know enough about APL or using 2-letter variables to comment on whether they're actually justified, but my personal hunch is that their usefulness is going to be limited to particular problem domains and people with particular inclinations. (The same goes for verbosity on the other extreme like particular Java projects...)