Comment by hackrmn

> Writing few characters more has never been an issue, at best it's annoying.

I don't think the implication is that writing is the issue. In my experience it's the _reading_ that is an issue. I don't mind writing verbose code -- I don't enjoy it but I'd understand the rationalisation in a team of developers that prefer that -- not as much as I mind _reading_ verbose code myself. It feels like you hit the brakes and the accelerator interchangeably. Which proves the point the law is trying to make, for my part.