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ecesena on Feb 25, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: `three = 1` in the linux sourcecode

It's C :) edit: It's Linux kernel :)

    /* current power of three, init to 3^0 */

spiralpolitik on Feb 25, 2014 [–]

// became valid C in C99. 15 years ago.

ecesena on Feb 25, 2014 | [–]

Sorry, I should have said it's Linux kernel [1].

    Linux style for comments is the C89 "/* ... */" style.
    Don't use C99-style "// ..." comments.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/CodingStyle

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