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by kabdib 5166 days ago
Yes, this was pretty common in Pascal.

Also, Emacs uses comments to set file-local options. There's a long tradition of overloading comments to achieve metalinguistic ends. JavaDoc and Doxygen are great examples.

Even when handed a decent macro language with whizzy namespaces and a great DOM, I imagine that some people will still stoop to gross and convenient hacks.