Of all of the computer languages out there, what's your favorite comment indicator? I really like "//".
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The dots definitely are nuisances, but the ¶ symbol shows exactly where the end of each paragraph is, which can be very useful. All paragraph formatting (indentation, margins, text justification) is attached to it, so accidentally deleting one can cause some mysterious formatting changes. You can get rid of them by pressing the Show/Hide button on your toolbar (it looks like this: ¶), but if you think you can get used to the ¶ characters, I'll show you how to get rid of the others, which usually aren't as useful. Do this: 1. Click the Tools->Options menu item. 2. Click the View tab. 3. Under Formatting Marks, select ONLY Paragraph Marks and deselect all others. 4. Click OK. I rule
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I can give you the worst: ALGOL-68 allowed the comment statement: 'COMMENT' your comment here 'TNEMMOC' ; I am happy with // or -- . I probably prefer the latter. But more important is a syntax sensitive editor which makes comments recognisable e.g. puts them in a different colour. The, of course, there is the keyword WHISPER in Tenne-C (http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/88q3/0tenny.html)
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I like // also. Fun fact: all of the comments I make while writing code contain the word "fancy."
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I like the -- of Ada. // of C99/C++/Java etc. is ok. /* */ blows chunks '#' is often used in scripting languages.. it's ok too I also kind of like the ; used in assembler.
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// is easiest. Nothing that involves the shift key.
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-- or // /* */ is a right royal pain as it always, ALWAYS comes out ?8 *? or something like that. Multi line comments all well and good but I always get it wrong (I did just then as well... always!). Nice of Visual Studio to do it for you with a mouse click though.
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