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<h5 class="subsubsection">9.16.2.1 Special Characters</h5>

<p><a name="index-line-comment-character_002c-IA_002d64-1039"></a><a name="index-IA_002d64-line-comment-character-1040"></a>&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">//</span></samp>&rsquo; is the line comment token.

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