> - non-crpytic error messages. Show exactly what failed, where it failed, how to solve it. I'm working on a compiler in my free time and I agree with you, but

> - non-crpytic error messages. Show exactly what failed, where it failed, how to solve it. I'm working on a compiler in my free time and I agree with you, but in defense of compilers that suck at this: error reporting is really, really hard to do right.