From: eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Sample C++ code in c.o.m.d
Date: 24 Oct 1999 14:29:33 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden
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Johan Venter (jventer AT writeme DOT com) wrote:
: 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.

This seems to imply to either find the setting that disables this
awful behaviour or change to a sensible mailing/newsgroup tool that
doesn't do this...

Just how many bugs can Microsnoft cram into a program calling them
features?


U2, October,

								MartinS