[TUHS] # (was Re: sh: cmd | >file)
Dave Horsfall
dave at horsfall.org
Wed Jan 8 08:13:39 AEST 2020
On Tue, 7 Jan 2020, Clem Cole wrote:
> Algol-W From, the Sites book, (Page 10, Section 1 'Terminology) [Dave,
> I'll send you the PDF offline].
For the record, it was received OK; thanks!
> The symbol comment followed by any sequence of
> characters not -containing semicolons, followed by a
> semicolon, is called a comment. A comment has no
> effect on the meaning of a program, and is ignored
> during execution of the program.
For the benefit of the OP, here is no mention of "#" being a comment in
ALGOL(W).
-- Dave
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