Standardization questions --

[William J. Laubenheimer]

>     Lines or portions of lines beginning with '##' are ignored, except
>     within single or double quotes, or within the /* other kind of */ comment.
>     This rule applies even if the remainder of the line contains '/*'.

> Voila!  No problems with nesting, and it's always immediately obvious whether
> a line is commented out, if you use consistently use only ## in new programs.
> This also has the advantage that all existing correct sources would remain
> correct, which is not true under comment nesting.

> Dave Decot  hpda!decot

I realize this is a few weeks old (I've been getting behind in the news),
and may have been answered already, BUT...

Obviously you've never heard of EQUEL (that's okay; those of us who have
spend too much time wishing we hadn't ... but that's another story).

                                        Bill Laubenheimer
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