> But my experience is that it raises the floor by a large amount and lowers the ceiling only a little. I mean, I agree that that's true at least in relative t

> But my experience is that it raises the floor by a large amount and lowers the ceiling only a little. I mean, I agree that that's true at least in relative terms, but in my experience that's because it raises the floor from "bottomless pit" (eg IOCCC entry quality) to "much worse than we usually do", whereas lowering the ceiling a proverbial meter or two still means hitting my head on it (there's a upper bound on how readable code can be when you need to actually read it).