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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: more on Lattice working environment
Message-ID: <227@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 15:09:20 EST
Article-I.D.: ism780c.227
Posted: Wed Jan  8 15:09:20 1986
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References: <157@yale.ARPA> <148600030@uiucuxc>
Reply-To: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica, CA
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In article <148600030@uiucuxc> hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes:
>
>>It's an interesting exercise:  removing comments from code is actually
>>somewhat nontrivial.
>
>i don't want to steal your thunder or anything, but i thought this might
>be amusing with respect to your 'nontrivial' comment.  of course, it assumes
>you've got lex handy:
>
> [ attempt to strip comments with lex ]

You don't have to worry about stealing his thunder.  Try your lex thing
on this line:

        printf( "A comment starts with /* and ends with */\n" );


     
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