Hello Garl and all
I'm new to programming, and I'm curious why this would be considered "best practices" as it seems to go agains seveal things I've been told are best practices

1. name variables in ways that convey meaning ('left', 'right', 'call' mett that, x,y z do not)
2. readability over brevity (it takes time for a reader to remember that True and False are interpreted as 0 and 1, and thus readability is reduced)

Humbly looking to learn,
-DMC