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Re:Best practices for writing SQL queries by Wevah on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:08PM (#26766115)
FWIW, Lua and AppleScript (and HyperTalk!) use(d) `--` as well.

(Edit: I think I misread “know” as “know of”; whoops.)

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Re:Best practices for writing SQL queries by jolmg on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:59PM (#26781869)
> I think I misread “know” as “know of”; whoops.

Don't worry about it; you didn't misread. I wasn't aware of AppleScript and HyperTalk, and though I read a bit on Lua some years ago, I either forgot or never realized that it used `--` for comments.

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