Improving Compiler Error Messages

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

On Sun, 02 May 2010 16:27:47 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
> So why does D have ; as a statement terminator? The simple answer is
> because D is intended to have a low barrier for entry for C, C++, etc.,
> programmers. The familiar look & feel makes the new language less
> intimidating. A personal answer is that I simply like it.

For what it's worth, I like it too. :)

I've never understood why people have a problem with the semicolons.  
They've never bothered me, not once.  In fact, they just seem to 
magically appear at the end of my statements without me thinking 
consciously about them at all.

-Lars