A tool lacking portability does not mean the tool is bad. It means there are opportunities to support that tool (or its concept) in other environments and media

A tool lacking portability does not mean the tool is bad. It means there are opportunities to support that tool (or its concept) in other environments and media. There are tools for code review in your editor which supports type inference. Snippets in books can include annotations. The author's argument and conclusion is to throw the baby out with the bathwater.