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From: will.summers@p6.f18.n114.z1.fidonet.org (will summers)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: defining a comment?
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Date: 20 Sep 88 00:21:14 GMT
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 > Date: 18 Sep 88 18:25:27 GMT
 > Organization: Eaton IMSD, Westlake Village, CA
In article <23345@wlbr.EATON.COM> mh@wlbr.EATON.COM (Mike Hoegeman) writes:
 >  >In article <13604@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
 >  >>     COMMENT
 >  >>     text to be commented out
 >  >>     TNEMMOC
 >  >>     code
 >  >>which of course does not work.
 > Maybe I'm missing something here but what the h*ll is wrong with
 > plain old
 > 
 > /********
 > 
 > ********/
 > 
 > Sheesh!!

It fails to "comment out" text with "/*" or "*/" tokens.  Like in 
text derived from commented code.

Otherwise in my mind  /**********************   or /*---------- is perferable.

   \/\/ill 


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