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by m1573rp34130dy 2855 days ago
very often a "remark" or a non compiling comment is included in the source code snippet. e.g.

rem "this code does nothing"

    let i=1

    for i=0

       beep

    else end
alternate functionalities may written as a "remark" and copypasted or edited to make it a compiling line of code so that you can quickly edit the source code and not have to type so much, or go looking through a codesnippit database to find the tool you need... the actual source code script , depends of course on what language you are using, i chose a pseudo BASIC bcz , well its basic...