HOLSTEGE@Cit-20@sri-unix (11/21/82)
Date: 17 Nov 1982 1958-PST You say that it is better that comments don't nest because a missing */ would eat the whole program instead of just to the next */. However, in both cases you have a WRONG program. The difference is that when comments don't nest, the compiler WON'T NECESSARILY TELL YOU. When they do, it detects unbalanced /* and */ and you find out. This example strikes me as an argument FOR nested comments, rather than against. -------