MultiLine Comments - language feature

Example from 119 languages: JavaScript, C, Java, CSS, PHP, Go, TypeScript, SQL, C#, Swift, Rust, Scala, Kotlin, Objective-C, SAS, Prolog, Dart, CUDA, Solidity, PostgreSQL, Reason, MySQL, Haxe, Groovy, Chapel, HCL, Protocol Buffers, JSON5, Yacc, OpenCL, ANTLR, Stata, Verilog, PostCSS, ActionScript, Less, PEG.js, Zephir, DOT, Pig Latin, Lex, Opa, QML, Jsonnet, Processing, Bicep, PL/I, Nextflow, Jison, Hack, Hjson, Ceylon, POV-Ray SDL, SystemVerilog, DTrace, ECL, JAI, Rexx, eC, Ron, AspectJ, Closure Templates, B, Flow9, SCSS, Bison, xBase, JFlex, Fantom, Xtend, X10, SourcePawn, Lasso, P4, LiveScript, Angelscript, JSON with Comments, Objective C++, Alloy, Cypher Query Language, Apex, DAX, Mask, PL/M, Linden Scripting Language, PARI/GP, DM, Game Maker Language, Eclipse Command Language, HuJSON, Cycript, Slice, Sophia, WebIDL, XS, LoomScript, CartoCSS, Type Language, RenderScript, Edje Data Collection, CLIST, ARexx, kai, JS++, Simple Actor Language System and Architecture, Plus, winxed, Handel-C, Boron, PowerQuery M, Amazon Redshift, blockml, Ion, ProbeVue, Arden syntax, JSL, Soy, Manchester syntax, bioscript

/* A comment
*/

Example from 1 languages: Python

''' A comment.
'''

Example from 4 languages: HTML, XML, SVG, Argdown

<!-- A comment
-->

Example from 1 languages: Perl

=begin comment
This is all part of multiline comment.
You can use as many lines as you like
These comments will be ignored by the
compiler until the next =cut is encountered.
=cut

Example from 1 languages: Ruby

=begin
A comment.
=end

Example from 1 languages: PowerShell

<# A comment
#>

Example from 1 languages: Lua

--[[
A comment.
--]]

Example from 1 languages: MATLAB

%{
A comment.
%}

Example from 1 languages: Clojure

(comment A comment
)

Example from 2 languages: CoffeeScript, MIPS architecture

### A comment
###

Example from 1 languages: Julia

#=
A comment.
=#

Example from 22 languages: Mathematica, Pascal, OCaml, F#, Wolfram Language, Applescript, Modula-2, Oberon, EBNF, Modula-3, TLA, ATS, Isabelle, Object Pascal, UrWeb, Classroom Object Oriented Language, Ligo, Fortress, NetLinx, Bluespec, COMPONENT PASCAL, Fibonacci

(* A comment
*)

Example from 1 languages: Nim

#[ A comment
]#

Example from 1 languages: D

/+ A comment
+/

Example from 5 languages: Elm, PureScript, Frege, Orc, omega

{- A comment
-}

Example from 1 languages: Scheme

#| A comment
|#

Example from 1 languages: Coq

(* a comment *)

Example from 1 languages: Smalltalk

" A comment
"

Example from 1 languages: Delphi

{ A comment
}

Example from 1 languages: C3

/*
  Multiline comment
*/

Example from 1 languages: Twig

{# A comment
#}

Example from 1 languages: groff

text text text...
.ig
This is part of a large block
of text that has been
temporarily(?) commented out.

We can restore it simply by removing
the .ig request and the ".." at the
end of the block.
..

Example from 1 languages: Jule

/*
  A multi line comment
*/

Example from 1 languages: dedukti

(; A comment
;)

Example from 1 languages: HAGGIS

''' A comment
'''

Example from 1 languages: Speedie

/*
multiline
comments
*/

Example from 1 languages: FML

###
A comment
###

Languages with MultiLine Comments include JavaScript, Python, C, Java, HTML, Perl, CSS, Ruby, PHP, Go, TypeScript, XML, SQL, C#, PowerShell, Swift, Rust, Scala, Lua, MATLAB, Haskell, Kotlin, Clojure, CoffeeScript, Objective-C, Julia, SAS, Prolog, Mathematica, Dart, CUDA, Solidity, Pascal, Nim, PostgreSQL, Reason, MySQL, D, Elm, Scheme, Haxe, WebAssembly, Groovy, OCaml, F#, Coq, Chapel, Smalltalk, PureScript, HCL, SVG, Protocol Buffers, JSON5, Yacc, OpenCL, ANTLR, Delphi, Stata, Verilog, PostCSS, Pony, ActionScript, Hy, PostScript, Less, PEG.js, Zephir, Frege, DOT, Pig Latin, GNU Octave, Lex, Opa, QML, C3, Jsonnet, Processing, Bicep, MIPS architecture, Agda, PL/I, Wolfram Language, Nextflow, Jison, Hack, Hjson, Ceylon, POV-Ray SDL, Applescript, AMPL, SystemVerilog, DTrace, progsbase, Modula-2, ECL, JAI, Rexx, Oberon, Cryptol, AutoIt, GLSL, Twig, Transact-SQL, eC, Boo, HLSL, Ron, AspectJ, EBNF, Modula-3, ooc, Closure Templates, TLA, B, Flow9, SCSS, Gosu, Maxima, Bison, Shen, xBase, ATS, Io, JFlex, Isabelle, Fantom, Xtend, Object Pascal, X10, SourcePawn, LilyPond, Lasso, P4, BlitzMax, PL/pgSQL, Csound, Whiley, UrWeb, LiveScript, Angelscript, clay, JSON with Comments, Objective C++, basic calculator, Nix, OpenEdge ABL, Monkey, Argdown, XSLT, Classroom Object Oriented Language, groff, Alloy, Cypher Query Language, Ligo, Apex, DAX, Mask, Croc, PL/M, muPad, Linden Scripting Language, Fortress, Mako, PARI/GP, DM, NetLinx, Jule, Bluespec, Game Maker Language, Eclipse Command Language, HuJSON, Cycript, Sieve mail filtering language, Slice, Sophia, WebIDL, XS, LoomScript, COMPONENT PASCAL, MiniD, CartoCSS, dedukti, Type Language, RenderScript, Edje Data Collection, HAGGIS, Orc, CLIST, ARexx, kai, JS++, Augeas, Speedie, Simple Actor Language System and Architecture, Plus, TAL, Aardvark, winxed, Handel-C, Pawn, Boron, PowerQuery M, Amazon Redshift, blockml, Urbiscript, Ion, ProbeVue, omega, AmbientTalk, Arden syntax, JSL, Spice, SARL, Boogie, boa, FML, Fibonacci, Soy, Manchester syntax, bioscript, Smithy

Languages without MultiLine Comments include JSON, R, Bash, Elixir, Erlang, COBOL, Visual Basic, Ada, Fortran, Crystal, Tex, VHDL, LaTeX, Tcl, Eiffel, Nginx, janet, Emacs Lisp, GraphQL Schema Definition Language

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