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Anything between '/*' and '*/' will be ignored by the compiler and
can therefore be used as a comments.  Comments can be extended over
several lines.

Note: The default is to ignore any '/*' inside of a comment, so that

/* *** this code is no longer used ***
  ...  /* old comment */ ...
*** end of obsolete code *** */

would terminate the comment after 'old comment '.  Similarly,

  ... /* comment with missing terminator
  ... /* next comment */

would accidentally comment out the code between the two comments (hard
bug to locate).  Both problems can be fixed using the -C flag from
the Compiler Options.  The latter example would cause a compiler error
(unless a later extra '*/' corrected the imbalance).