From: Stefan Lang Date: 2005-01-12T00:16:19+09:00 Subject: Re: why dosn't ruby support // to comment? Antonio Cangiano wrote: >> i think use keyboard type "//" is fast than "#" to comment one line >> code. > > Alex already answered. > Furthermore Bin Liu, typing '#' is faster than '//' on my UK keyboard: it > requires only one key to be pressed rather than two. In different keyboard > layouts this may not be the case, but honestly I don't see the problem. > On a German keyboard: Shift+7 Shift+7 to get '//' but only one keystroke to get a '#'. -- Stefan