Do people really come to hate these? I'd expect the opposite -- that people would start off hating messages like "expected ';'", but fairly quickly become accustomed to what they almost always mean.
As long as you can look at the message and have a good idea of what's wrong, it's not a bad message.
> I’m genuinely curious to hear if there’s any strategies on improving these or work done in this area.
It's just a ton of work. You look at what the compiler produces, look at what information you can have at that point, see if you can craft something better, and then ship. And then look at the next error.
That's a fantastic attitude and I really appreciate that someone is working towards that goal, thanks.
> It's just a ton of work. You look at what the compiler produces, look at what information you can have at that point, see if you can craft something better, and then ship. And then look at the next error.
Exactly. That person is a saint.
On the other hand, a missing semicolon in Microsoft C would often give a litany of unrelated errors.