In a modern, well-supported programming language's arsenal, there are many tools that work to take some of the pains of coding away. The compiler is but one of

In a modern, well-supported programming language's arsenal, there are many tools that work to take some of the pains of coding away. The compiler is but one of them. Unexpected behaviour and errors can be caught by means other than constant recompilation, and tools exists to do just that. In IDEs, these tools tend to become invisible, seamless, and can be relied upon without much configuration; for those accustomed to less integrated environments, the manual configuration required to get these tools up and running becomes a hassle. I suppose using those tools efficiently and constant recompiling are different ways to solve the same problem, but I wouldn't say it's solely the compiler's job even in the latter case. For languages that aren't super-fast for compiling like Rust, Swift, etc. there may be much more reliance on those other tools.