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Article #2267Re: comment style
From: Alan J Rosenthal
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 1991 22:33
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 1991 22:33
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Sigh, it is not the case that `//' commenting would always require fewer characters. Consider the following (blecherous) style: /* Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a C compiler. This compiler compiled many programs and had many happy users. */ Compare that to this: // Once upon a time, in a land far away, // there was a C compiler. This compiler // compiled many programs and had many // happy users. I count 6 extra characters in the first case, including newlines, and 12 in the second. ajr
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!dgp.toronto.edu!flaps Newsgroups: comp.std.c From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal) Subject: Re: comment style Message-ID: <1991Jan9.173324.5964@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> References: <613@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <1050:Jan701:40:4791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <616@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <17968:Jan804:38:1591@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 9 Jan 91 22:33:25 GMT Lines: 21