You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns?

The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.

Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly.

It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.

I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're being reactive and not proactive. And when you try to be proactive, they accuse you of being capricious and arbitrary. So I don't wanna be a manager.

There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something...hmm...yes...I've got it...there's a VMS nearby, or I'm a Blit.

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.