Hello Nick,
"Derek Parnell" <de...@psych.ward> wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:55:03 +0000 (UTC), BCS wrote:
/**/ has well defined semantics,
... in the C programming language ...
Yes, exactly my point.
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.
Precedent is a good reason to exist in /some given form/ if it is to exist
at all.
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.
So, ditto Nick on that one.
