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From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Is there a way to do large block of source code comments
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:42:28 +0200
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On 03.09.14 20:52, Adam Beneschan wrote:

> The sequence (*, if not in a conventional comment, starts a block comment.  The comment ends with the next occurrence of the sequence *) that is not in a conventional comment.  Within a block comment, it is illegal for the sequence (* to appear except in a conventional comment.  A character sequence is "in a conventional comment" if it occurs anywhere between the sequence -- and the nearest subsequent end-of-line character.


To see what happens in today's finest development equipment,
feed this:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
   /* ignore this:
      puts("*/");
    */
}

Or this, with nesting "supported":

(defun main ()
   #| ignore this
   (write "#|")
    |#)

http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/02_dhsa.htm

Or try OCaml for something that seems to work.
The language manages without single line comments, though.
F# adds them.