Few mixed things

[BCS]

Reply to Nick,

> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message
> news:gsku34$29tn$1 at digitalmars.com...
> 
>> bearophile wrote:
>> 
>>> BCS:
>>> 
>>>> you spotted the issue, code porting and principle of least
>>>> surprise<
>>>> 
>>> - Code porting: If you port C code to D, it uses /* */ in a non
>>> nested way
>>> 
>> No. This is valid C:
>> 
>> /* comment /* more comment */
>> 
> That seems like a rather trivial thing to be designing our language
> around. And regarding principle of least surprise, the current /**/
> behavior is only least-surprise for people who are already familiar
> with that particular detail of /**/. From a fresher perspective, the
> /++/ behavior is vastly less surprising.
> 
> I can understand the desire not to cause too much trouble for porting,
> but sometimes I think D places far too much emphasis on that.
> 

I'd be fine depricating /**/.