It's a lot like math notations. To draw an analogy, it's hard to go back from "a*b" (i.e. k/j/apl) to "a multiplied by b" (i.e. lisp) to "start with zero, add a, add a again, ....., repeat b times (i.e. java/cobol) once you've gotten used to a concise notation. And even if you _do_ go back to verbose, you are overall much better for knowing what's a concise way to putting everything, and converging towards that with your limited tools.