On Sun, 14 Nov 2021, George Mitchell wrote:

Perhaps I'm naïve, but to me the Principle of Least Amazement really does completely cover the issues being raised here. Is it necessary to complicate the situation any more than that? -- George

First time I've heard POLA called that; I knew it as "... astonishment" some decades ago (by Dr. John Lions; for all I know he could've coined it).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment

-- Dave

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