Citations:verbosity


 * 2017, Klint Finley, Kotlin: the Upstart Coding Language Conquering Silicon Valley, Wired.com (18 July 2017);
 * Something as simple as printing the phrase "Hello World" can take up three lines of code in Java, but usually only takes three words in modern languages.


 * That means extra work, much of it fairly repetitive. And all that extra code—"verbosity" in programming lingo—makes programs more cluttered and makes it easier to make mistakes.