XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 09/01/2026 15:16, Peter Flass wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Comments are reserved either ror this   
   /*********************************************   
   * This is a comment and conmatains no code *   
   **********************************************/   
   Or   
   somecode('blah');  // Blah processing unit.   
      
   which is easy enough to asterisk out   
      
   It helps that Geany colors comments red.   
      
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