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> People in this thread seem to be conflating "it's less readable" with "it's written in a dialect I'm not used to".

I have long been arguing that this is exactly what "readability" means. Readability is completely subjective, and depends on personal experience with various languages, types of syntax and so on.

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I am okay with your definition of "readability", but only insofar as you use it to criticize the reader.

Code should be judged on its own merit, and in that case your definition of "readability" doesn't really help us go anywhere.

Code readability can’t be judged unless you consider to whom it’s meant to be readable.

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