{cpp} comments (``++//++``) require fewer keystrokes, and take less space. Perhaps most importantly, they do not have the nesting problems that C-style comments do. Therefore {cpp} comments are preferred.
== Noncompliant Code Example
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/* this is my comment ... */
== Compliant Solution
// this is my comment ...
== Exceptions
Because a {cpp} header file may be included by a C source file, header files are ignored by this rule.