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Comments - in COBOL and Java

COBOL	Java
$set sourceformat(variable) * Single line "old-style" COBOL comment with '' in column 7 > inline comment may follow COBOL statements etc. *>> <summary>XML comments</summary>	// Comments on a single line /* C style multi-line comments */

COBOL

Java

$set sourceformat(variable)
      * Single line "old-style" COBOL comment with '*' in column 7
               *> inline comment may follow COBOL statements etc.
         *>> <summary>XML comments</summary>

// Comments on a single line

/* 
   C style multi-line comments
 */

Portions of these examples were produced by Dr. Frank McCown, Harding University Computer Science Dept, and are licensed under a Creative Commons License.