/* removes all comments from a C program, handling qouted strings and
 * character constants properly
 */

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
     int c;

     while ((c=getchar()) != EOF) {
	  if (c == '\"') {
	       putchar(c);
	       while ((c=getchar()) != '\"') {
		    if (c==EOF) break;
		    if (c=='\\') {
			 putchar(c);
			 c = getchar();
		    }
		    putchar(c);
	       }
	       putchar(c);
	  } else if (c == '/') {
	       if ((c=getchar()) == '*') {
		    while (c=getchar()) {
			 if (c == '*')
			      if ((c=getchar()) == '/')
				   break;
			 if (c==EOF) break;
		    }
	       } else {
		    putchar('/');
		    putchar(c);
	       }
	  } else if (c == '\\') { /* escape next character */
	       putchar(c);
	       putchar(c=getchar());
	  } else {
	       putchar(c);
	  }
     }

     return 0;
}