> LSP would run circles around custom plugins, because LSP has accurate data from the official compiler. If, and only if the official compiler is actually des

> LSP would run circles around custom plugins, because LSP has accurate data from the official compiler. If, and only if the official compiler is actually designed to support compiler-as-a-service etc. And this only begins to scratch the surface. Let me introduce to a nearly unending and continuously expanding list of refactorings alone in IntelliJ: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/refactoring-source-code.html https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/refactoring-source-code.... What about other things external to the compiler like immediately recognising and mapping project configs and structures (for example, Spring, or Symfony, or...)? Or things like "version X of the language introduces new things and we can automatically refactor your code to reflect the new ways of dealing with things"? Or...