That article is the most idiotic I've ever seen on Slashdot....

1. Autocomplete and IntelliSense is evil. Sure, that's why every Linux
user has autocomplete turned on in his favorite shell.

2. Studio can't help me finish my programs. What an idiotic IDE! It
can't even use Windows Telepathy API to read my mind and write
everything automagicaly!

3. Criticism of WinForms is fine, but it is not really related to
VisualStudio.

etc.

PS: I use VisualStudio+VisualAssist as my primary IDE for C++, and I
don't use any code generation or wizards (aside from "New Project"
wizard) provided by VisualStudio. Currently, I help to develop
Code::Blocks IDE because there is _NO_ OpenSource IDE for C++ even
remotely as powerful as VS (and don't get me started on Emacs or ViM).

PROJECT_NAME=test
PROJECT_DEBUG_TARGET=test_d.exe
PROJECT_RELEASE_TARGET=test.exe
PROJECT_SOURCES=main.c
PROJECT_DEPENDENCIES=math meta spatial

include rules.mak

sch> То есть, можно запрограммировать компиляцию проекта на функциональном языке

sch>PROJECT_NAME=test
sch>PROJECT_DEBUG_TARGET=test_d.exe
sch>PROJECT_RELEASE_TARGET=test.exe
sch>PROJECT_SOURCES=main.c
sch>PROJECT_DEPENDENCIES=math meta spatial

sch>include rules.mak
sch>

require 'mxx_ru/cpp'

Mxx_ru::setup_target( Mxx_ru::Cpp::Exe_target( "test.rb" ) {
        target "test"
        
        c_source "main.c"
        
        required_prj "math.rb"
        required_prj "meta.rb"
        required_prj "spatial.rb"
    }
)

But the implication here is staggering. To get IntelliSense to work right, not only must you code in a bottom-up structure, but within each method or property, you must also write you code linearly from beginning to end — just as if you were using that old DOS line editor, EDLIN. You must define all variables before you use them. No more skipping around in your code.

... and suggest to declare it.