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A comment starts with two adjacent hyphens and extends up to the end of the line.
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comment::= −−{non_end_of_line_character}
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A comment may appear on any line of a program.
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The presence or absence of comments has no influence on whether a program is legal or illegal. Furthermore, comments do not influence the meaning of a program; their sole purpose is the enlightenment of the human reader.
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Examples of comments:
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−− the last sentence above echoes the Algol 68 report
end; −− processing of Line is complete
−− a long comment may be split onto
−− two or more consecutive lines
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− the first two hyphens start the comment