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Similar to how different functions to achieve the same goal decrease understanding, multiple different syntax options to achieve the same goal will decrease understanding due to the chance of readers encountering an unfamiliar syntax construct.
Many syntax options can exist in general-purpose programming languages due to the increased complexity. Another reason is the use of a lot of syntactic sugar.
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Also the magnitude of functions and syntax options can lead to a pipeline that is more difficult to read.
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