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Article #2214Re: comment style
From: Sean Eric Fagan
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 1990 01:43
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 1990 01:43
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In article <276814F4.141@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> kevinb@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Kevin Boyes) writes: >Does any one know why the ANSI committee excluded the C++ comment style >( // to end of line ) from the standard. Show me a C compiler that implements this. (Actually, Microsoft C 5.0 and later does.) Show me a need for it. (Prototypes fulfilled a rather large hole, and made life a *lot* easier for certain groups.) Adding // comments was, for the most part, untested in C, and unnecessary. -- Sean Eric Fagan | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; sef@kithrup.COM | I had a bellyache at the time." -----------------+ -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!csun!kithrup!sef From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: comment style Message-ID: <1990Dec21.014321.5000@kithrup.COM> Date: 21 Dec 90 01:43:21 GMT References: <276814F4.141@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Lines: 17