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Re:Compiler Errors for Humans by Q6T46nT668w6i3m on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @05:11PM (#9808448)
> Is there a specific reason that makes you prefer an impersonal compiler?

It complicates parsing

Re:Compiler Errors for Humans by buttproblem on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @05:56PM (#9808682)
I agree both in parsing via another program as well as parsing error messages in my brain (not sure which you were intending).

Perhaps it is because compiler messages suck but my brain has been trained to quickly pick out the line numbers and file names.

Re:Compiler Errors for Humans by mgold on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @06:06PM (#9808731)
If you mean parsing by machine, the solution is to have a separate machine-readable output (JSON perhaps). If you mean comprehension, that's a valid point that is being discussed elsewhere on the page.