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Have you read dick and Jane? I have, 150 pages to say "Sally is upset because her toy sailboat got left outside in the rain, and she wants dick to go get it". When I'm looking at a 3am level bug I don't want to wade through that mess, and odds are that the more complex rendering I gave. The complex rendering might have even "used the word storm above" and averted the entire 3am crisis.

Dick and Jane has a place for my 5 year old. But we expect 5 year olds to grow up to better.



> But we expect 5 year olds to grow up to better.

But we shouldn't where it's important (implying that code is important). Don't put the "open door" button next to the "set building on fire" button, just because all employees should know which button to press to open the door.

It reminds me of Pointing and Calling [1]. Of course you expect everybody to be able to do things without pointing and calling, but it improves safety and reduces errors, and that's more important than "but people should be able to do it without silly gestures", isn't it?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_and_calling




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