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In theory, you're right. In practical, day-to-day programming, an IDE can get it right the vast majority of times and do exactly the right thing. See a previous
by tonyarkles 14y ago
In theory, you're right. In practical, day-to-day programming, an IDE can get it right the vast majority of times and do exactly the right thing. See a previous post of mine: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4037602 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4037602
- Peaker 14y agoI believe that "works almost every time" is great, but that last inch is also meaningful. Knowing you can trust your IDE's refactorings is reassuring and allows you to dare do things you might otherwise not dare.