# Homoiconicity / Readability

> "homoiconicity" (declarative-core layer) is traded against "Readability" (human-factors layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Readability" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:homoiconicity-readability`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-homoiconicity-readability

## tensions-with

- [Homoiconicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/homoiconicity.md)
- [Readability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/readability.md)