XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 18:46:59 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > 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   
      
      
   In theory. When you're dealing with 30 year old legacy code before // was   
   accepted you get cautious.   
      
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