While there is accidental complexity, we can not measure what is or isn’t accidental. So I think the statement that the majority of complexity is accidental is

While there is accidental complexity, we can not measure what is or isn’t accidental. So I think the statement that the majority of complexity is accidental is completely made up. I also think it’s wrong. The majority of complexity in software is unavoidable. Accidental complexity just makes it even worse.