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From: rminnich@gmail.com (ron minnich)
Subject: [TUHS] // comment in C++
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 22:51:12 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP6exYLM0cKUBT_JjXA5+pgqdTnErpRAGQdNkgois7-M2t++pw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170208224556.GG65698@eureka.lemis.com>

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:45 PM Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at lemis.com> wrote:

>
> // had a very different meaning in IBM JCL.  It's a sequence
> indicating that a command follows, and I have a suspicion that it's
> related to a prompt.
>

oh, believe me, I typed enough JCL to know. I was always just so amused by
the dd command that when I first saw // in C++, I had to wonder. It's a
question that's been banging around in my head for several decades ...

thanks!
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-02-08 22:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-02-08 18:06 ron minnich
2017-02-08 18:08 ` A. P. Garcia
2017-02-08 18:17 ` arnold
2017-02-08 23:39   ` Steve Johnson
2017-02-08 23:52     ` Dave Horsfall
2017-02-09  2:11       ` Corey Lindsly
2017-02-09  2:46         ` Dave Horsfall
2017-02-09  2:53           ` Corey Lindsly
2017-02-09  4:38           ` Warner Losh
2017-02-09  2:47       ` Steve Nickolas
2017-02-09  4:55         ` Steve Johnson
2017-02-09 11:59           ` Michael Kjörling
2017-02-09 21:56             ` Dave Horsfall
2017-02-10  0:17               ` Dan Cross
2017-02-10  1:58                 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-02-10  2:46                   ` Nemo
2017-02-10  2:49                     ` Dave Horsfall
2017-02-10  9:30                   ` arnold
2017-02-10  9:19               ` arnold
2017-02-09 12:18           ` Brantley Coile
2017-02-09 13:31             ` Nick Downing
2017-02-08 22:45 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2017-02-08 22:50   ` Ron Natalie
2017-02-08 23:22     ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2017-02-09 12:12     ` Michael Kjörling
2017-02-09 12:26       ` Lars Brinkhoff
2017-02-09 14:37         ` Random832
2017-02-09 14:49           ` Random832
2017-02-09 12:31       ` Paul Ruizendaal
2017-02-09 13:07         ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-02-08 22:51   ` ron minnich [this message]
2017-02-08 23:22     ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
     [not found] <mailman.204.1486594285.3779.tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
2017-02-09  0:03 ` Paul McJones
2017-02-09  2:28   ` Marc Rochkind
2017-02-09 13:11   ` Tony Finch
2017-02-09 14:44 Noel Chiappa
2017-02-09 16:51 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-02-09 19:36   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-02-09 21:14 Doug McIlroy
2017-02-10 17:39 ` Steffen Nurpmeso

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