Code generation is bad if you ever have to edit the code generated, under any circumstances (the qualification excludes (good) compilers). I like features like

Code generation is bad if you ever have to edit the code generated, under any circumstances (the qualification excludes (good) compilers). I like features like IntelliSense (when they work properly). I mean really, if you don't like features like this then perhaps you should consider removing auto-indent from your editor -- perhaps it's making you too lazy. As for me, I'd rather not remember API minutiae if I can help it. That's not to say I don't learn APIs. I do and it's important to understand a system completely. But sometimes I forget the order of arguments to some random function.