One problem with the translated GCC messages was that GCC didn't use error numbers at the time (still doesn't, I think, I didn't notice anyway), so it was basic

One problem with the translated GCC messages was that GCC didn't use error numbers at the time (still doesn't, I think, I didn't notice anyway), so it was basically impossible to reference the error except by full error message. MSVC on the other hand always includes a warning/error number, so there less issues talking about a particular error independent of language.