Syntax error

A syntax error refers to an error in a statement's syntax. This term is used mostly in association with programming languages. In compiled programming languages, a syntax error is a fatal error that the programmer must correct before being able to fully compile the program.

Trivia

The statement "SYNTAX ERROR." was an extremely common (and hated!) output of BASIC interpreters running on home computers of the 1980s, as a result of tentative attempts of budding programmers at making the computer do something constructive.

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parser

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See also: Syntax error, BASIC programming language, Compiler, Computer, Computer program, Home computer, Interpreter (computing), Parser, Programmer