[plt-scheme] fluid-let-syntax may get flushed

From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 11 10:56:35 EDT 2004

On Aug 11, 2004, at 10:39 AM, Joe Marshall wrote:

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> "Richard C. Cobbe" <cobbe at ccs.neu.edu> writes:
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>> In general, my tools should give me as many error messages per run
>> as possible; it wastes less of my time.  (This is one thing the C
>> folks got right; why has the Scheme community forgotten this?)
>
> As many *legitimate* error message, please.

The C people didn't get this any "rigther" than the Scheme people.
They were forced to report as many type and syntax errors in one
pass as possible because they were and are batch people, who just
don't understand how incremental work helps people.

-- Matthias



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