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From: raw@math.arizona.edu (Rich Walters)
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Subject: Re: Why nested comments not allowed?
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Date: 15 Feb 90 03:05:58 GMT
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In article <236100027@prism> ly@prism.TMC.COM writes:
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>	I'm just curious to know why nested comments are not allowed in many 
>	languages.

Nested comments are not supported because it is difficult to tell where the
nesting ends.  Have you ever written a paren checker in C? (in any language?)

Reason 2) Why waste the computing power??  After all, it's only a comment!!