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<p>75.129.102.8: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 156<br /> | date = September 13, 2006<br /> | title = Commented<br /> | image = commented.png<br /> | imagesize = <br /> | titletext = Your IDE's color may vary.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> In certain programming languages (including but not limited to C (since C99), C++, C#, Java, Javascript, PHP, and Scala), inserting a double slash (//) at the beginning of a line will &quot;comment&quot; that line out. This causes the computer to ignore that line when running the program.<br /> <br /> An Integrated Development Environment (IDE for short) is an application that programmers use to write, compile, execute, and debug code. Many IDEs color-code text to make reading the code easier. In IDEs like Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio, a line that is commented out will be colored green, however the color may vary depending on which IDE you use, and can usually also be customized.<br /> <br /> In this comic, [[BlackHat]] is ignoring [[Cueball]]'s question by lifting two fingers towards him, forming a double slash. (It seems to me like [[Cueball]] at first thought that he was being flipped off, then realizes it's a different gesture).<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[two men are talking, one is hat-man]<br /> :First man: Hey, can you do me a favor?<br /> :[Hat man holds his hand out toward the first man]<br /> :Hat man: Commented!<br /> <br /> <br /> :First man: Huh?<br /> <br /> <br /> :[Hat man is holding his first and second fingers parallel and at an angle, and they are green. First man and his next line are also green.]<br /> :First man: Wait, what does that gesture even mean?<br /> <br /> {{Comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics with color]]</div>

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<p>75.129.102.8: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 156<br /> | date = September 13, 2006<br /> | title = Commented<br /> | image = commented.png<br /> | imagesize = <br /> | titletext = Your IDE's color may vary.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> In certain programming languages (including but not limited to C (since C99), C++, C# Java, Javascript, PHP, and Scala), inserting a double slash (//) at the beginning of a line will &quot;comment&quot; that line out. This causes the computer to ignore that line when running the program.<br /> <br /> An Integrated Development Environment (IDE for short) is an application that programmers use to write, compile, execute, and debug code. Many IDEs color-code text to make reading the code easier. In IDEs like Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio, a line that is commented out will be colored green, however the color may vary depending on which IDE you use, and can usually also be customized.<br /> <br /> In this comic, [[BlackHat]] is ignoring [[Cueball]]'s question by lifting two fingers towards him, forming a double slash. (It seems to me like [[Cueball]] at first thought that he was being flipped off, then realizes it's a different gesture).<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[two men are talking, one is hat-man]<br /> :First man: Hey, can you do me a favor?<br /> :[Hat man holds his hand out toward the first man]<br /> :Hat man: Commented!<br /> <br /> <br /> :First man: Huh?<br /> <br /> <br /> :[Hat man is holding his first and second fingers parallel and at an angle, and they are green. First man and his next line are also green.]<br /> :First man: Wait, what does that gesture even mean?<br /> <br /> {{Comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics with color]]</div>

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