Comments

Next to white space, the most important parts of any Java program are its comments.

Inline comments:

	answer = 42; // valid independent of the input

Block comments:

/*
... This next bit of code is so obvious that I hesitated    
  to comment it a first. 
  For those whom intergalactic culture is limited,
  please refer to the textbook :  
  "the hitch hicker guide for the galaxy" by Douglas Adams.

  tip : 42 is the answer for life, the universe and everything
*/ 
	answer = 42;
   

Next to white space, the most important part of any Java program is comments. Keep in mind the syntax of a language is designed for communicating a program's design to a computer. Comments, on the other hand, are the primary mechanism for communicating a program's design to humans. Java has three types of comments.

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