From:	"Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject:	Re: Sample C++ code in c.o.m.d
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Damian Yerrick <web DOT poison AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com> wrote in message
news:YiKP3.598$SS6 DOT 16647 AT dfiatx1-snr1 DOT gtei DOT net...
>
> file://start of hello.c
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> /* c comments are perfectly OK */
> file://but comments like this screw up
> int main(void)
> {
>   puts("hello comp.os.msdos.djgpp");
>   return 0;
> }
> file://end of hello.c
>
> It works fine when I remove the comments.
> Funny, C comments don't give me any problems.

Damian, obviously there is going to be a problem with a comment that starts with
file://. Microsoft Outlook Express frefixes all '//' (I had to put mine in
quotes to stop it :-)) with file: as if it was going to be a link.

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Johan Venter
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