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From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Parse Errors! Argh!  help me please
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 20:34:42 -0700
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White wrote:
> 
> I keep getting these code parsing errors when i try to compile a old
> game i wrote for MS visual C 1.0. I think it has something to do with
> the comment lines, but i cant seem to fix it.
> I use comments like this ---->     //comments here
> I think it supports only this king---->   /*comments here*/
> 
> can i make it support the first one in a C program?? I really need help.
> Thank you,

MS Visual C allows C++ style comments in C code, whereas DJGPP does not. 
There is a utility available to convert the comments to C-style, but I
don't remember the location off-hand.  Barring that, you can either change
the comment style yourself or compile your program as a C++ program.

-- 
John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I <fighteer AT cs DOT com>

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