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Why can’t the compiler just compile my code as I type it?
From the user’s point of view, it could work as smoothly as syntax colouring does today. If you stop typing for long enough (maybe a couple of seconds) the compilation (not linking) would finish, and code errors would be identified using something like syntax colouring.
It’s not like my 3GHz quad core monster computer was really busy doing something else. Why not let it compile all the time?
That’s exactly what the VB.NET code editor in Visual Studio does.
The advantage is much more accurate IntelliSense than C#. The disadvantage is that it wastes truly vast amounts of processor time and memory. 🙁