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Re:Block Comments Are a Bad Idea by RobertJacobson on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @08:46AM (#15449278)
Why do you fault multiline comments and not your code editor?
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Re:Block Comments Are a Bad Idea by jstewartmobile on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:09PM (#15451832)
Colors don't feel as robust to me as syntax.

   * color blindness
   * broken syntax above typically throws-off subsequent highlighting
   * touch a lot of embedded stuff where having any kind of editor at all (even without highlighting) is a luxury
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