As long as we're off topic onto the subject of vim, .vimrc and comments in the left hand column -- let me add that I've found it very useful to put some macros into my .vimrc to allow me to quickly comment out a line or block of code (or to remove such comments).

The following commands for .vimrc provide the macros ",ic" and ",rc" to insert and remove comments. In normal mode, it only affects the current line. More useful may be visual mode, where you can select a large chunk of code and comment it out in one shot. 

vmap ,ic :s/^/#/g<CR>:let @/ = ""<CR>
map  ,ic :s/^/#/g<CR>:let @/ = ""<CR>
vmap ,rc :s/^#//g<CR>:let @/ = ""<CR>
map  ,rc :s/^#//g<CR>:let @/ = ""<CR>

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In reply to Re^2: Slightly Off Topic: vim/perl comment behavior by xdg
in thread Slightly Off Topic: vim/perl comment behavior by saberworks

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