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Re:Black: An uncompromising Python code formatter by ComputerGuru on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:34PM (#17157691)
Don’t forget VimL, the language that insanely decided to use double quotes as a “start of comment” indicator, then went back and gave them special meaning based on their position so they either signal the start of a comment or a string.
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Re:Black: An uncompromising Python code formatter by prawl on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:34PM (#17159844)
A different comment character could have been chosen, but this affects nothing. It's not insane.
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