> At least on machines designed to be programmed in assembler, one can
> generally put a useful and informative comment on pretty much every line.

I haven't yet seen an assembler where you /can't/ stick comments 
anywhere you want to. That /still/ doesn't mean I want the comments to 
out-number the actual code.

>> You'd expect part of the language's basic syntax to be, you know...
>> part of
>> the language's basic syntax. But it isn't. It's just a regular operator,
>> which means you can use it in places where you shouldn't be putting
>> random
>> commas, and that makes it do strange stuff. (And, being C, this isn't
>> checked in any way.)
>
> Why would you put randomg *anything* in? This isn't a sonnet. It's
> computer code. Why would you put random commas in any more than you put
> random quote marks in?

Ever heard of something called a "mistake"? Perhaps you don't make 
those, but I do sometimes. And it's worrying to know that if I do, the 
compiler isn't going to say "oh, you made a mistake", it's just going to 
generate code that does something bizarre.

> Plus, "void" is a relatively recent development.

This is The Real WTF.

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