It is clear why you focus on the writing, but I was trying to focus on the reading of code.

I see it much like the difference between 

See spot.
Spot is a dog.
See the dish.
See the food.
The food is in the dish.
Spot runs to the dish.
Spot eats the food.

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and 
The dog, Spot, runs to the dish and eats the food.

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What is gained?

Time. I can read the single line faster; if I have the ability to read it there is no loss of clarity. There is an increase in clarity through expressiveness: Dick and Jane may be readable in three word sentences but I would not want to read White Fang that way. Concise expressions allow larger thoughts to cohere by remaining nearby.

Be well.

In reply to Re^2: small steps toward Perl literacy, temp vars and parentheses by rir
in thread small steps toward Perl literacy, temp vars and parentheses by rir

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