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by grey-area 99 days ago
Interesting. I think over the long term many people come to realise it's better to know at compile time (when they mistype something and end up with a program that runs but is incorrect it's worse than not running and just telling you your mistake). But perhaps for beginners it can be too intimidating having the compiler shout at you all the time!

Perhaps nicer messages explaining what to do to fix things would help?