Sometimes a hash (#). Sometimes a slash (/). Always ignored. These little bits of geek marginalia can save you hours of trouble. Comments are the notes you put into a program's source file. When the program is run, it ignores its comments. If you ever need to hack a program's code, comments can give you clues about what the author was thinking. Assuming the author included them. So please, remember to comment. EJ

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