C /* this is the only kind of comment */ f() { int x, y, z; int w = 13; int a = w + (int)sqrt(x); int b; /* above this, every line is a variable declaration * below this, no line is a variable declaration */ x = 15; y = 23 + x; int i = 0; /* illegal */ for(int i = 0; ...) /* also illegal */ }