Comment (computer programming)
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comment-computer-programming-188-18406917
title:
Comment (computer programming)
text:
In computer programming, a comment is a programmer-readable explanation or annotation in the source code of a computer program. They are added with the purpose of making the source code easier for humans to understand, and are generally ignored by compilers and interpreters. The syntax of comments in various programming languages varies considerably. Comments are sometimes also processed in various ways to generate documentation external to the source code itself by documentation generators, or
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Explanatory note in the source code of a computer program
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comment_(computer_programming)
date created:
2006-12-24T14:06:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T01:52:45Z
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