Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA From: cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: subject Message-ID: <8257@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 19:31:46 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8257 Posted: Mon Feb 11 19:31:46 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 02:10:34 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 16 /* > Why do you enclose your postings in /* */? Just curious. > > Peace > > Josh Knight, IBM T.J. Watson Research > josh at YKTVMX on BITNET, josh.yktvmx.ibm on CSnet, > ...!philabs!v1!josh Most people include a little snack for the line eater and a cute little signoff line. Since what I write are `comments', it seems appropriate to include them in /**/. You will know I have switched to Pascal when you see my messages enclosed in (* *) (and when hell freezes over) (oops, better check with my censor at Princeton). Also, if the `/*' is missing, you can assume my entire message didn't make it. */