On 07Aug2023 08:02, Barry <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
On 7 Aug 2023, at 05:28, Cameron Simpson via Python-list
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Used to use a Pascal compiler once which was uncannily good at
suggesting where you'd missing a semicolon.
Was that on DEC VMS? It was a goal at DEC for its compilers to do this well.
No, a PDP-11 using V7 UNIX.
They could output the errors in a machine readable format to allow editors to
auto fix.
I am learning rust and it is very good at suggesting fixes.
There is a command to apply fixes automatically, cargo fix.
Neat.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au>
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