Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: glen herrmannsfeldt Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Error-handling if your compiler had an attitude. Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 02:57:36 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 20 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <14-12-011@comp.compilers> References: <14-12-010@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: miucha.iecc.com 1419909566 30282 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970 (30 Dec 2014 03:19:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:19:26 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: history Posted-Date: 29 Dec 2014 22:19:26 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1454 federation2005@netzero.com wrote: > What if your compiler had an attitude problem? I was thinking of funny things > it could do for error-handling (maybe with a -X switch for GenX/Millennial > verbose output): > * It addresses you like "Dude! You boffed the syntax again." or the like. > * It tells you to get glasses if you keep missing semicolons [Note 1]. > * If you use older or archaic style (particularly, deprecated stuff), it makes > fun of you and asks if you need help with your walker. [Note 2]. (snip) WYLBUR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORVYL_and_WYLBUR has different messages that it prints on April 1st (or, at least, the one I used to use had them) along similar lines. -- glen