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From: PHILIP@CLEMSON.BITNET (Philip Harshman 3697)
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Subject: Re: programming style
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Date: 27 Feb 91 13:22:00 GMT
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On Tue, 26 Feb 91 15:27:43 CST "John M. Kelsey" <C445585@UMCVMB.BITNET> said:
>    One thing I've always done, but have seldom seen other programmers do,
> is to use some character to separate the assembly language instructions and
> operands from the line comments by some character--in my case, a semicolon.
>
> LOOPTOP   L          R4,0(R5)       ; Get ARR1(I) integer
>
>    Does anyone else do anything similar?

At our shop we use the vertical or bar (|) for the same purpose:
  LOOPTOP   L          R4,0(R5)       | Get ARR1(I) integer
This makes a nice even line separating the code from the comments.  And I
agree, it does make the code easier to follow.