> When you start learning a programming language, how much time do you spend stuck on syntax errors? Hours? Days? As someone who once spent a full day trying to debug a MapReduce build before learning that you need backslashes in multi-line bash expressions, I know it is a deeply discouraging amount of time. Lots of people have suffered through experiences like this with missing semi-colons and curly braces, but how many people do not make it past these syntax errors? How many people fall off the syntax cliff and give up on a language or just quit programming entirely?

> So with the release of Elm 0.19.1 today, I am excited to share the new and improved syntax error messages! My hope is that the new compiler feels more like a teacher, showing helpful and relevant examples when you get stuck. The remainder of this post highlights some of the messages that people are likely to see when learning Elm, so you can decide for yourself!

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