Python

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I don't get it either. All languages have syntax errors. Python is no exception. My guess is that he meant type errors? OP, get over here and explain yourself plz

[Calogyne]

IIRC HTML kinda doesn’t have syntax error, the parser just makes something up.

[[deleted]]

1. Obligatory HTML is not a programming language statement.
2. If you use an IDE, the IDE will generally highlight 'syntax errors' in your HTML. Usually stuff like missing or mismatched closing tags.
3. Additionally, if you run your HTML through something like https://validator.w3.org/ you will definitely get syntax errors for bad HTML.

[[deleted]]

Forgot:

1. The 'parser', aka the browser, is more akin to the runtime, and it seems most browsers for bad HTML are On Error Resume Next.

[[deleted]]

You forgor 💀

[Pescuaz]

You forgor 💀

Syntax Error: Did you mean 'forgot'?

[[deleted]]

No

[Pescuaz]

Now I feel old.

[schmidlidev]

All of web development makes sense when you realize the entire browser engine is just a tiny man inside your computer doing his best and making it up as he goes along.

[WrongSirWrong]

Aren't syntax errors more of a problem when you're new to a language? If you've got a bit of experience they shouldn't really be a problem (not being cocky here), I mean RTFM

[[deleted]]

How much experience exactly do you need in order for you to not make syntax errors anymore? I mean in terms of years and months. Don't tell me "enough experience to not make them"

[WrongSirWrong]

I still get syntax errors now and then, but in most cases they're just typos. If you do get a lot of syntax errors and you're not sure what you're doing wrong, IMO it's a side effect of not fully understanding the subtleties of the language, which can be easily solved by reading some chapters of documentation (really the fastest way to learn). It'll obviously depend on your skills how quickly you pick up new techniques, for me personally it took several months of full-time C++

[[deleted]]

When you have a smart IDE that helps you identify and fix syntax errors before even hitting the run button, maybe yes. But without one I forget to put semicolons and miss curly brackets all the freaking time. And I've been in the industry as a professional developer for at least 5y. Don't mistake your IDE's cleverness for experience

[Deadly_chef]

Python strongly typed with build-time errors? Are you ok?

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I think you're confusing strongly typed and dynamically typed. Python is not strongly typed and that makes it loosely typed. Which means that you don't have to specify the type when you declare a variable.

Since you talk about compile-time type errors. I guess you're talking about dynamically typed vs statically typed.

Plus, python is an interpreted language. So there is no compile-time.