pendantic terminology question
when a compiler refuses to compile source code due to an error in that code, is it appurropurriate to describe this behavior as the compiler “throwing”?
pendantic terminology question
@aescling I said yes in the sense of "throwing an error" but I get that not being the case also
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re: pendantic terminology question
@clarfonthey seeing this exact usage elsewhere is why i made this poll, because i disagree with the usage but think explaining exactly why is tricky to do in a satisfying way
re: pendantic terminology question
@aescling yeah like, I kind of see the potential for weird semantics here
like the compiler throwing an error might be an error of its own, not identifying an error in your code