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**Banfa** · Mar 22 '07, 12:12 AM

Strictly speaking // comments are C++ and C compilers do not support them. However many (but not all) C compilers today do support them.

// is a single line comment, the comment ends at the end of the line

/* ... */ has a comment closing mark and can span more than 1 line. The comment ends at the closing marker */ Because of this it is slightly more susceptable to error from accidentally nesting comments.

**beck322** · Mar 22 '07, 12:26 AM

Originally posted by Banfa

Strictly speaking // comments are C++ and C compilers do not support them. However many (but not all) C compilers today do support them.

// is a single line comment, the comment ends at the end of the line

/* ... */ has a comment closing mark and can span more than 1 line. The comment ends at the closing marker */ Because of this it is slightly more susceptable to error from accidentally nesting comments.

Thank you !!!

What does the #include do?

**Banfa** · Mar 22 '07, 01:16 AM

You can find the answer to this and the other basic questions you are asking by

looking in your text book

looking in your compiler documentation

performing a quick google search

**RedSon** · Mar 22 '07, 01:17 AM

Beck, its time for you to read a book about c/c++ programming.

Here is a site to get you started:

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/