Yes, I thought so too times ago, but when your numbers become more complex things, and one has overridden gt(), and you need to debug in a hurry, because what you are trying to do is not even remotely related, then the verbose version if much easier.
If the code is small, than short variables are easier to debug, because they are easier to manipulate, have less visual clutter, and are short scoped enough that you do not get a benefit from using a longer name. Not to mention the fact that you do not have the descriptive name obscuring what the code is actually doing.
>Sorry but descriptive names are clarifying what the code is doing
Generally speaking this is true. However, when you are debugging, this no longer is true. When variables say what they are supposed to be, then it is more difficult to see that they are something else.
