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Re:Why did Borland fail? by tomjen3 on Sunday June 14, 2015 @06:19AM (#9714405)
Refactoring but also code completion (which means you don't have to worry about remembering if the method is add or push) etc.

And yes I know those I work with do, because we work on the same codebase and I see their commits.

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Re:Why did Borland fail? by slrz on Sunday June 14, 2015 @09:27AM (#9714801)
If you don't even know the name of the function you want to call, how likely is it that you're aware of its constraints and failure modes?

But then, that's probably why those IDEs ship with sophisticated debuggers, right? ☺

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Re:Why did Borland fail? by realharo on Sunday June 14, 2015 @11:02AM (#9715118)
It's a good thing then that those IDEs can show the method's documentation right next to the autocomplete list as you're browsing through it.
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