Possibility to add comments in the code

[lhartikk]

For instance:

hash stands for comment

begin

IT'S SHOWTIME

print greeting

TALK TO THE HAND "hello world"

end main

YOU HAVE BEEN TERMINATED

or something more "arnold specific"

[et]

IT'S NOT A TOOMAH, IT'S your comment

[CameronBanga]

I am also a fan of IT'S NOT A TUMOR, IT'S an ArnoldC comment.

[ghost]

Just to throw in some variety... LET OFF SOME STEAM your comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19R2fDXCzcM

[tristanpemble]

I was thinking:

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU? comment

[staslev]

I think it would be cool to have a language construct, enter YOU'VE JUST BEEN ERASED,, that allows one to comment out statement blocks in a semantic manner.

Basically done implementing it, just brushing up some stuff, have a look at one of the test cases:

IT'S SHOWTIME
  HEY CHRISTMAS TREE vartrue
  YOU SET US UP @NO PROBLEMO
  STICK AROUND vartrue
    GET TO THE CHOPPER vartrue
      HERE IS MY INVITATION vartrue
      GET DOWN 1
    ENOUGH TALK
    TALK TO THE HAND "while statement printed once"
  CHILL
  GET TO THE CHOPPER vartrue
    HERE IS MY INVITATION @NO PROBLEMO
  ENOUGH TALK
  YOU'VE JUST BEEN ERASED, STICK AROUND vartrue
    TALK TO THE HAND "while statement that will not be printed"
  CHILL
YOU HAVE BEEN TERMINATED

Comments?

[mrz1988]

I prefer a hash tag for comments rather than another one-liner. Comments should enhance readability without further adding to the "Arnold noise factor".

[lhartikk]

I favor the hashtag. Same reasoning as mrz1988.

[tristanpemble]

I feel silly debating the syntax of a language based on Arnold Schwarzenegger movie quotes, but..

Considering the language's direction has at no point been driven by either readability (in the programming sense) or practicality, personally, I don't see the point in starting now. Perhaps traditional hash tag comments could be used as an alternative; I do think block comments should start and end with Arnold quotes, however

[CameronBanga]

I agree wholeheartedly with @tristanpemble.

[garybrucey]

Bumping an old thread, but was the ability to add comments ever added? hash does not seem to work.