[Pro] Commenting HTML and/or CSS?

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I just discovered that commenting syntax varies depending on the type of HTML document you’ve specified. I was trying to use this syntax for an HMTL Strict web page:

<<- Comment goes here ->>
*/ Comment goes here */

But apparently, this is what you’re supposed to use:

I find this all very confusing. Does anyone have a link to a site that shows the correct comment syntax for every variation of HTML? Also, is CSS commenting syntax different from HTML commenting?

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Oops! I had my syntax wrong. It should have been:

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This is how I’ve always done it:

<!-- HTML Comment -->
/* CSS Comment */
# Apache (.htaccess) Comment Line
// Javascript Comment Line
/* Javascript Comment Block */

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Oh, and <!-- HTML Comment --> is proper for XHTML, too

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