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From: flynn@anyguay.acm.rpi.edu (Kevin Lincoln Flynn)
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Subject: Re: regex for C comments
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Date: 12 Jul 89 02:30:28 GMT
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In article <502@chem.ucsd.EDU> tps@chem.ucsd.edu (Tom Stockfisch) writes:
>This expression fails on each of the following:
>
>	/*****//hello world */
>
  Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe this is a legal C
comment.  /*****/ should be a complete comment...  /hello world */ is not
part of it.  
 
  - Flynn

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