Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!dfoster From: dfoster@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Derek R. Foster) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Re^4: Why nested comments not allowed? Message-ID: <4555@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 22 Feb 90 05:52:27 GMT References: <4015@hub.UUCP> <4550@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 12 In article <4550@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dfoster@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Derek R. Foster) writes: >no matter what. Why not just go > >printf("\"*""/goto hell;/""*\""); > Another possible (comment-proof) solution that might be easier to read: #define CS " /""* " #define CE " *""/ " printf("before comment"CS"comment"CE"after comment"); Derek Foster