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June 2008
yes, in codes sometimes it's used.

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and

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I just want to ask what they really do. It seems that the code would work with and without them

Chris

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June 2005
It's supposed to be for backwards compatibility with older browsers who don't support script tags so that the contest won't be shown on the page and confuse users.

(Please correct me if I'm wrong. :P I've misunderstood them this entire time otherwise.)

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It's supposed to be for backwards compatibility with older browsers who don't support script tags so that the contest won't be shown on the page and confuse users.

(Please correct me if I'm wrong. :P I've misunderstood them this entire time otherwise.)

You can breathe easy.

Moose

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Also used for HTML comments. ;)
Greg says:
Coding music...
Greg says:
Hmm...
Greg says:
I wouldn't rule it out. :P
Chris 3.0 [New features? Yes.] says:
:P
Greg says:
If you think about machine code it's a bunch of 1s and 0s
Chris 3.0 [New features? Yes.] says:
Anything is possible.
Greg says:
Yeah try to code Metallica
Chris 3.0 [New features? Yes.] says:
:P Yeah, I'll get right on that... right after I learn to fly.

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Excluding the two forward slashes. :P

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