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Subject: Re: C?
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Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:

> > // comments are not necessarily acceptable in C.  Most C _compilers_,
> > OTOH, support // comments in C code.
> 
> Yes, IIRC there is a option in gcc which causes it to reject .c files with
> // in them.

The option you are referring to is -ansi.  But it's a misnomer, because
ANSI C now does allow // comments.

> As // is not a C feature, it is strictly a C++ feature.

This is no longer true.

S.