This technique is highly useful in moderation, provided you are working in a language where the syntax/semantics affords it. It can certainly be overdone to the

This technique is highly useful in moderation, provided you are working in a language where the syntax/semantics affords it. It can certainly be overdone to the point where the code becomes harder to decipher for a human reader. A key step is that programming languages which use the style builds a vocabulary of commonly used operations and make these into general knowledge for programmers using the language. Thus, succinctness is obtained and you can compress hundreds of lines into a few. Flip side is a steeper learning curve, which has to be balanced against.