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I always loved the amount of power in java IDEs (Eclipse, for me) for refactoring code...made things so much easier.

• 3pt14159 14y ago
  Where do you put the brains on though? In the IDE/programmer or in the language?
  • irahul 14y ago
    > Where do you put the brains on though? In the IDE/programmer or in the language? Dynamic languages aren't conductive to re-factoring, and static languages are. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4057593 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4057593 I don't see how it is a question of where to put the brains.
    • gruseom 14y ago
      Dynamic languages aren't conductive to re-factoring How come they invented it, then? http://st-www.cs.illinois.edu/users/brant/Refactory/Refactorings.html http://st-www.cs.illinois.edu/users/brant/Refactory/Refactor...
      • irahul 14y ago
        Let me rephrase. Dynamic languages aren't conductive to a subset of re-factoring - the cases which involve renaming identifiers or changing types throughout the project.
        • gruseom 14y ago
          They invented those too. Indeed they're listed at the link I provided. It seems strange to argue that what gave rise to a thing isn't "conducive" to it. Actually, it's more than strange, it's a contradiction in terms: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conducive http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conducive.