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Re: Comment Syntax

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From: Blair P. Houghton
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 20:35
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In article <I4=67D4@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <48.UUL1.3#5077@aussie.COM> rex@aussie.COM (Rex Jaeschke) writes:
>> ANSI's phases of translation require that backslash/new-lines be 
>> processed BEFORE comments.
>
>Why?
>Makes sense for me for comment processing to come first, before
>anything else.

Okay, then.  Who wants to through all my system header files and
remove all the comments?

				--Blair
				  "#realize"
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From: bhoughto@cmdnfs.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
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Subject: Re: Comment Syntax
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Date: 16 Nov 90 20:35:39 GMT
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