FWIW, I use clang over gcc (unless there is a major overriding reason to use gcc) just for the fabulous error messages. http://clang.llvm.org/diagnostics.html

FWIW, I use clang over gcc (unless there is a major overriding reason to use gcc) just for the fabulous error messages. http://clang.llvm.org/diagnostics.html http://clang.llvm.org/diagnostics.html gives some good examples, and my experience has been that the examples given on that page are pretty spot on.