From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2005-01-29T14:19:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Ten Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby

Hello Keith,

KPB> Nope. A refactoring tool has nothing to do with solving the shortcomings of
KPB> a programming language but rather the shortcomings of the programmer. Among
KPB> many things, it's primarily a tool used to keep a software project from
KPB> decaying. 

But the more verbose your language is (C++ is an extreme example where
class names etc. are spread all over the source code, duplicated a
hundert times) the more usefull a refactoring tool becomes.

KPB> A good read on the subject is Martin Fowler's book on Refactoring. It's a
KPB> neat subject. 

He  is talking about refactoring in this book not about a tool to support this.



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