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Programmer - reproducible, offline-first, plain-text software.

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  • Multiline comments in POSIX sh

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  • AFAICT, not really, looks line POSIX sh at a glance. Just don't forget to : <<'EOF' instead of : <<EOF.

    But : is arguably simpler than cat, one fewer fork/exec call plus no open(2) on /dev/null.

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  • Oops, renamed the www dir, should be back now.

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  • C89, AKA ANSI C famously only supports /* */, having // as a cross-pollinated idea from C++.

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  • No notepad.exe, nvi: 'a,s/^/# /.

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  • I use this only when developing, mostly while debugging. IIRC I've never commited code like this.

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    Multiline comments in POSIX sh

    euandre.org /en/til/2026/09/05/multiline-sh-comments.html