Why /*@ isn't a comment in JavaScript?

Asked 2011-04-08T13:52:13.537

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This script http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js looks like a big comment, but it works. Why /*@ doesn't behave like a comment?

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It's a hack that uses IE's strange way of not considering /*@ a comment.

answered 2011-04-08T13:56:18.353

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