<s>[INST] Why doesn't Python have multiline comments? OK, I'm aware that triple-quotes strings can serve as multiline comments. For example,
"""Hello, I am a 
   multiline comment"""

and 
'''Hello, I am a 
   multiline comment'''

But technically speaking these are strings, correct?
I've googled and read the Python style guide, but I was unable to find a technical answer to why there is no formal implementation of multiline, /* */ type of comments. I have no problem using triple quotes, but I am a little curious as to what led to this design decision.
 [/INST] I doubt you'll get a better answer than, "Guido didn't feel the need for multi-line comments". 
Guido has tweeted about this,

Python tip: You can use multi-line strings as multi-line comments. Unless used as docstrings, they generate no code! :-)

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