/* // ' % # Comment on Comments. */

Question

/* // ' % # Why, Why, Why, do so many languages decide to use different characters to delimit comments? */

Answer 1

You are coding in Ruby and only complain about the synthax of comments? The whole synthax is throwing me off.

Answer 2

Because there is not a convention, that restricts the comment syntax

Jast for the record, Transact-SQL uses '--' as single comment.

Answer 3

it's up to the compiler or interpreter and the developer who developed .who developed that language

Answer 4

DOS Batch files use REM
REM this is a line containing a remark
How many others can we think of? I'm pretty sure I've seen "!" used somewhere anyone know where?