newRPL: Comments revisited

[Claudio L.]

(11-17-2015 07:44 PM)compsystems Wrote:  Hey, why not use the copyright symbol ©

There's a few reasons:
a) The @ symbol is part of the original RPL specification, so it makes sense to keep it for compatibility.
b) It's common to include a copyright message in programs, so we need the copyright symbol to mean just that.
c) As Barry mentioned, not easy to type if you are coding on a PC (we could make it available on the calculator keyboard).

(11-17-2015 07:44 PM)compsystems Wrote:  3 cases
© comment the whole line
©/ .... \© interval one line
©* *© block or multiline

@ comment the whole line
@ .... @ interval one line
@@@ @@@ block or multiline

I think your idea is very close to what's implemented right now except for the symbol (but even the symbol looks similar), so we are thinking along the same lines.