The problem with making the "training wheels" optional, is people will leave them off. All of a sudden your code is not useful or readable to anyone unfamiliar

The problem with making the "training wheels" optional, is people will leave them off. All of a sudden your code is not useful or readable to anyone unfamiliar with your code. Even yourself. Sure you might know what the parameters in `ellipse 60 50 50 100` do right now, but what if you haven't worked on drawing code for 6 months? It seems to me like what he's talking about is less a bicycle with training wheels than it is a self-balancing segway. A bicycle with training wheels is annoying to anyone but a beginner... what he's talking about is something that isn't annoying to a pro... even if they don't lean on it as much.