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   Peter Flass to The Natural Philosopher   
   Re: naughty Pascal   
   09 Jan 26 08:16:20   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 1/9/26 03:02, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 09/01/2026 01:35, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:45:45 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> C++'s "//" construct is a lot easier to code.   
   >>   
   >> That is something I was happy to see adapted by C, JavaScript and other C   
   >> like languages. I don't know who had it first. If it's used consistently   
   >> it makes commenting out blocks easier although '#if 0'  works.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   > For a block I use   
   > /*   
   > ...   
   > */   
   > Bit shorter than   
   > #if 0   
   > ...   
   > #endif   
   >   
      
   Great as long as the block doesn't contain comments.   
      
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