title: Formatting block comments
body: <p><em>The first</em> style of formatting seems to be much more popular than <em>the second</em>. Why is that?</p>
  
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  <p><em>The first</em> (asterisk on every line)</p>
  
  <pre><code>/*
   * line 1
   * line 2
   * line 3
   */
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><em>The second</em> (the minimum amount of asterisks)</p>
  
  <pre><code>/*
  line 1
  line 2
  line 3
  */
  </code></pre>