For the record, I'm more open to this style now so I'd like permission to take a few steps back from that statement in 2009 (and probably most of my others that year!).

Coding in a terse style really does have some benefits. You can understand more program flow at one time and you can easily see larger patterns.

Another recent discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21890259

It was more a joke on "Ten years!" rather than assuming anything. I've already read that comment.