"Derek Parnell" <de...@psych.ward> wrote in message news:hn975kl8v6wa.bjme1g5z2jj3$....@40tude.net... > On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:55:03 +0000 (UTC), BCS wrote: > >> /**/ has well defined semantics, > > ... in the C programming language ... > >> changing it will cause problems that replacing it will not. > > The "well defined semantics" are not god-given axioms, or to rephrase it, > because something is 'thus' in C does not mean that it must also be 'thus' > in any other programming language. > > For something to be in a programming language, it needs to be justified on > its own terms rather than only using precedent as its rationale to exist. >
I agree with you on this, however I think what they meant was that (unless I'm mistaken) /**/ also behaves the same way in every other language that actually uses /**/ for comments.
