>Because the key here is that this is not the 1970's anymore, when all guns were complicated. I take issue with this - computers are far, far more complex now

>Because the key here is that this is not the 1970's anymore, when all guns were complicated. I take issue with this - computers are far, far more complex now than they were in the 70's, which is why denying the language-users responsibility for fully understanding the language-designers intentions is such a farce. >If a language requires me to RTFM is at a big disadvantage with any other language that allows me to easily learn by doing. There are no languages under the sun which do not require some degree of study, and to claim that it should not be so is simply delusional. All language must be learned before it can be properly used - some people learn by making huge mistakes with the language they use, its true, but the productive, professional use of any and all human language requires its study.