Re: Doesn't gcc like // comments?

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From: Jeffrey J. Griglack
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 20:18

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On 21 Jul 92 10:29:33 GMT, xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters) said:

C> In <d!dm_8m.grega@netcom.com> grega@netcom.com (Greg Altman) writes:

>I have some ANSI C code that uses // (since ICC and CL do accept them).

C> Er, no you don't.  If it has // as a comment character, it is *not* ANSI
C> compliant code.  Just a minor nit.  Yes, many compilers do accept this,
C> but they must *not* accept it if run in full ANSI-compliant mode (e.g.
C> -ansi for GCC, /Za for CL).

G++ likes // for a comment line.  It works just fine for me.  // is standard 
for C++, though there is not yet an ANSII standard for C++.
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