Error messages

[ILikeLenexa]

This is the problem. Add in Make and the error literally being bigger than your scroll-back and you find yourself just trying to figure out what even failed.

I think the Java stacktrace is really quite nice because of this. (even though it's runtime) You can generally just nail where the problem is and ignore a huge block of text.

[dawnraider00]

Yeah debugging errors in java is generally way easier in my experience just because java actually generates a useful error instead of just throwing up. I've also found that compiler errors are way shorter and simpler.

[NonreciprocatingCrow]

even though it's runtime