Given the rest was reasonable I was willing to grant that as "aims for high quality".
Because it wasn't about how good of a programmer they are, it was about their intentions and principles. "I try" vs "I don't try" already makes the significant relative difference regardless what the absolute values are.
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That is a big claim to make…
I do follow you on the complexity of code and that good code should avoid unnecessary complexity (‘unnecessary’ being key here).
Given the rest was reasonable I was willing to grant that as "aims for high quality".
Because it wasn't about how good of a programmer they are, it was about their intentions and principles. "I try" vs "I don't try" already makes the significant relative difference regardless what the absolute values are.