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From: dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: comment token mistake
Message-ID: <525@lakart.UUCP>
Date: 1 May 89 15:22:34 GMT
References: <2423@solo5.cs.vu.nl>
Organization: Lakart Corporation, Newton, MA
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From article <2423@solo5.cs.vu.nl>, by maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath):
> The choice of the 2-token sequence `/*' for starting a comment, was a mistake:
> 
> 	printf("%d\n", *a/*b);
> 
> -- 
>  "If it isn't aesthetically pleasing, |Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam:
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   it's probably wrong." (jim@bilpin). |maart@cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The signature quote says it all. Try:

 	printf("%d\n", *a / *b);

Which I for one find infinitely more readable.
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