His statement was that there was "no attempt" to write POSIX tools. As a "statement of fact." Irrespective of how much work there is still to do for coreutils i

His statement was that there was "no attempt" to write POSIX tools. As a "statement of fact." Irrespective of how much work there is still to do for coreutils in terms of compliance, they are an attempt. They may be be completely unsuitable as a drop-in replacement right now, but that was not the "fact" that he asserted.