From: utzoo!decvax!cca!HOLSTEGE@Cit-20@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: nested C comments
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4262
Posted: Sat Nov 20 22:34:09 1982
Received: Mon Nov 22 02:16:03 1982

Date: 17 Nov 1982 1958-PST
You say that it is better that comments don't nest because a missing */
would eat the whole program instead of just to the next */. 
However, in both cases you have a WRONG program. The difference is that
when comments don't nest, the compiler WON'T NECESSARILY TELL YOU.
When they do, it detects unbalanced /* and */ and you find out.
This example strikes me as an argument FOR nested comments, rather than 
against.
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