comment token mistake
David Goodenough
dg at lakart.UUCP
Tue May 2 01:22:34 AEST 1989
>From article <2423 at solo5.cs.vu.nl>, by maart at cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath):
> The choice of the 2-token sequence `/*' for starting a comment, was a mistake:
>
> printf("%d\n", *a/*b);
>
> --
> "If it isn't aesthetically pleasing, |Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> it's probably wrong." (jim at bilpin). |maart at cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The signature quote says it all. Try:
printf("%d\n", *a / *b);
Which I for one find infinitely more readable.
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