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Why is executing Java code in comments with certain Unicode characters allowed?

The following code produces the output "Hello World!" (no really, try it). public static void main(String... args) { // The comment …

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Best practice for C++ function commenting

Is there an accepted best practice for commenting functions? I only know of the doxygen style but it is not …

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How do I comment in CoffeeScript? "/* this */" doesn't work

In what ways can you comment in CoffeeScript? The documentation say you can use three hash symbols to start and …

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Details of difference between @see and @inheritDoc

I have looked over JavaDoc reference, and while I understand basic difference between @see (various links) and {@inheritDoc} (export of …

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Comment Inheritance for C# (actually any language)

Suppose I have this interface public interface IFoo { ///<summary> /// Foo method ///</summary> void Foo(); ///<summary&…

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How to put a line comment for a multi-line command

I know how to write a multi-line command in a Bash script, but how can I add a comment for …

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Simple Getter/Setter comments

What convention do you use to comment getters and setters? This is something I've wondered for quite some time, for …

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Razor comment syntax

What is the syntax for server side comment in razor view? I want to comment this code: /* @helper NavItem() { } */

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What is self-documenting code and can it replace well documented code?

I have a colleague who insists that his code doesn't need comments, it's "self documenting." I've reviewed his code, and …

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Block commenting in Ruby

Does Ruby have block comments? If not, is there an efficient way of inserting # in front of a block of …

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