XPost: alt.folklore.computers
From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com

On 1/9/26 03:02, 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
>

Great as long as the block doesn't contain comments.

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