merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) (02/12/90)
In article <1108@etnibsd.UUCP>, vsh@etnibsd (Steve Harris) writes: | Also, in the scripts in the perl library, every comment line begins | with ";#", not just "#". Why is this? (Inquiring minds, etc.) A file preprocessed with the -P switch can do *nasty* things to lines that are meant as Perl comment but resemble preprocessor directives. The ;# is harmless to Perl, and keeps cpp's mits off of it. Just another Perl hacker, -- /=Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ==========\ | on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, Sol III | | merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!any-MX-mailer-like-uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn | \=Cute Quote: "Welcome to Portland, Oregon, home of the California Raisins!"=/