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Linter?

You mean compiler right? The compiler should be warning for things like this, not relying on 3rd party tools.

So, yes, if you're using a custom compiler, you kinda are to blame for shooting yourself in the foot. Just use the official binaries!

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Depends on the language. Javascript, for example, would use a linter for this warning.

It's not that easy for the compiler to provide these warnings when the language is interpreted rather than compiled

The compiler can do anything a linter can do. Multi-pass multithreaded compilers are not unheard of. eg While compiling to temporary storage, I do a linting in another thread. At the end, check for successes and move the artifacts into the output directory.

What the poster means is that a compiler may not be as applicable to interpreted languages.

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