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# Strip block comments

For extra credit, it allows the caller to redefine the delimiters.

```ruby
func strip_block_comments(code, beg='/*', end='*/') {
    var re = Regex(beg.escape + '.*?' + end.escape, 's')
    code.gsub(re, '')
}
 
say strip_block_comments(ARGF.slurp)
```