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Re:Autocomplete as an Interface (2015) by aidenn0 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @07:02PM (#22070469)
For me, I find that having a good autocomplete makes code easier to read because it makes long names easier to type correctly.

Compare "save-lisp-and-die" vs "s-l-a-d<TAB>". The latter is much easier to type and the former much easeier to read.

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Re:Autocomplete as an Interface (2015) by utxaa on Friday January 17, 2020 @09:51AM (#22075029)
funny. we actually have an sdie macro ;)
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