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I tried to be quite polite.

Such a shame. You try sooo hard -- and yet still somehow always fail.

I am not surprised that you found it so very hard to admit to even a simple mistake

And it comes as no surprise to me that you would try to bluff, bluster and bore your way around that limited imagination with which you view the world, and which you try to impose on others.

Here is a C file that compiles clean:

C:\test>type junk.c

char x[] = "/* comment */";


int n = 1;

C:\test>cl /Wall -c junk.c
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.21022.08 for x64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

junk.c

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And here it is with a part of it commented out:

C:\test>type junk.c
/*
char x[] = "/* comment */";
*/

int n = 1;
C:\test>cl /Wall -c junk.c
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.21022.08 for x64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

junk.c
junk.c(2) : error C2001: newline in constant
junk.c(2) : error C2059: syntax error : 'string'
junk.c(3) : warning C4138: '*/' found outside of comment

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Just because the C designers made that mistake, it doesn't mean everyone has to. Maybe there is a language out there that allows a block comment to span an arbitrary chunk of valid code without breaking. Maybe, its even closer to you than you think.

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Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

RIP Neil Armstrong

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Re^6: Regex to strip comments (out not in)
by tye (Sage) on Oct 01, 2012 at 19:18 UTC

    Too bad you were still unable to even make the claim (with a straight face) that there might be a language that parses string literals only inside of block comments. Nice distraction, though.

    You claim that I imagine something that the user didn't explicitly state, so you call my genetic heritage into question. You claim I don't imagine such, so you tell stories about how you imagine that I view the world.

    I hope you are having a pleasant day. Thanks for the minor entertainment.

    - tye        

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      You know, I get the feeling that you think there is a valid point in there somewhere, but as usual, it is conceal in so much verbiage and vitriol, its impossible to know if it is actually in your posts, or only in your head.

      With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

      RIP Neil Armstrong
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