The GNU g++ compiler generates notoriously bad error messages, although they have gotten a little better, and you do get used to them (a bit like reading the en

The GNU g++ compiler generates notoriously bad error messages, although they have gotten a little better, and you do get used to them (a bit like reading the entrails of a sacrificial victim to divine the future). The clang++ compiler, much more modern and built on the LLVM inftrastrucure, has much better error reporting. Occasionally, in desperation, I've compiled something with clang++ just to see the error message in cases where g++ was just too unhelpful.