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Re:URLs in C (2011) by kevincox on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @09:53AM (#24989547)
Somehow I quickly recognized the `https:` as a label. But I could not for the life of me figure out how `//` would compile. I was thinking it must be some sort of operator.

Brains are funny sometimes, and it is amazing how much we rely on context to remember and parse things.

Re:URLs in C (2011) by Kuraj on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @11:14AM (#24990317)
And how much we take syntax coloring for granted :)
Re:URLs in C (2011) by rkangel on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @10:44AM (#24990023)
Whereas I saw it the other way round. I parsed that as a comment before I parsed it as a URL.