I don't… I don't see much difference. ~$ python >>> A = "<?php for($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++) { ?><p>Foo <?echo $i?></p><? } ?>" >>> B = "<? foreach(

I don't… I don't see much difference. ~$ python >>> A = "<?php for($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++) { ?><p>Foo <?echo $i?></p><? } ?>" >>> B = "<? foreach($foo as $i): ?> <p>Foo <?= $i ?> </p> <? endforeach ?>" >>> L = [A,B]; import re >>> map(len, L) [68, 65] >>> map(lambda x: len([s for s in x if re.match('\w', s)]), L) [23, 29] Isn't it about the same amount of alphanum vs noise? About the same length too. I'm not sure B is more readable than A in any way. Maybe more 'idiomatic', meaning 'way humans think'; but I'm not sure about that.