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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
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Subject: Re: naughty Pascal
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 03:12:20 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <msb4b7FqqeoU1@mid.individual.net>,
rbowman  <bowman@montana.com> 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.

I mean...it predated C by a few years.  :-)

	- Dan C.