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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Nested comments (was Re: This one bit me today)
Message-ID: <14773@bfmny0.UU.NET>
Date: 20 Oct 89 16:24:35 GMT
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In particular, a nested-comments compiler might louse up the common form
of optional configuration defines:

	/* #define SYSV /* set this for System V */
	#define BSD4_3 /* set this for BSD 4.3 */
	/* #define VMS /* set this for VMS */

etcetera.  It was a species of cuteness to capitalize on such comment
strangeness in the first place IMHO but now we're in bed with it.
-- 
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Space Station Titanic" -- press release 89-7654  \_/  tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET