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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Sed wins! It IS possible to strip C comments with 1 sed command!
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Date: 21 Mar 89 18:35:26 GMT
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> leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) writes:
> \Can it be proven to be impossible (that is, deleting the comments
> \with one sed command - multi-line comments not considered) ?
> 

THIS must be the method EVERYONE uses to strip comments from every C program
I have ever seen in the public domain or from Berkeley/DEC/Sun/etc...

(flame-suit ready)

There must be either a conspiracy against, or a primeval fear of including
comments in C programs.