Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: naughty Pascal Date: 9 Jan 2026 20:38:46 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <4oycne7Wk4RQ6sj0nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com> <10j48fv$2t1h9$12@dont-email.me> <10j5qgf$3etcd$6@dont-email.me> <10j60bb$3hhps$1@dont-email.me> <7cadnTBwKKzA68r0nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <10jak55$13ji1$2@dont-email.me> <10jh3n1$3644m$1@nntp.eternal-september.org> <20260105115058.000054fc@gmail.com> <20260105133755.00005e21@gmail.com> <20260106083038.00000777@gmail.com> <10jn4al$15pib$2@dont-email.me> <10jn4kh$15u01$2@dont-email.me> <10jqjo1$292fm$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net AZ8OtEWXmR1Zmaz/wYyTDgQQtxLrP4dpp8Ci/hCCgpEEpLWfq3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:rt8c0RPn+cItXPijoPkWozXG0Zw= sha256:ZoxPv0isjFoHpNNQO5K83hTsjyZmiwx4nfkAckpe4Ak= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80830 alt.folklore.computers:233469 On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:02:41 +0000, 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 Certainly. Unless someone snuck in /* stupid comment */ over in column 100 where you overlooked it.