&gt; Smalltalk does have refactoring IDEs.<p>Yes, but very few of those are automated. Which is not surprising since the absence of types in Smalltalk can lead to refactorings that break your code, so user supervision is necessary.<p>&gt; I brought up the history because it&#x27;s pretty cheeky to say that Java is better than Smalltalk because it has a refactoring IDE.<p>Definitely, so it&#x27;s a good thing I never said such a thing.