> (For the uninitiated, Dieter expressed no remorse for using
 > "//" comments in a standard C program, compiled using the
 > Borland compiler.)

.. a habit which I find particularly annoying. Borland should either not
allow it, or generate a warning for them by default (like everyone else). 
Single line comments are an aberration and should NOT be used in standard C
source code.

What I find particularly annoying is when a library author - even someone
as large as IBM - publish and sell a library intended for use by C
compilers with single line comments (grumble).

This is specifically in reference to their TCPIP programmer's toolkit, btw.
 I *hate* having to fix system headers just to make compiler warnings go
away, particularly when you have ever intention of releasing source to
others.  This doesn't include the other glaring omissions where _Far16 and
_Seg16 modifiers are not present in prototypes which cause an otherwise
valid program to trap!


david

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