Time for an 2014 update…

Task/Strip-block-comments/AutoHotkey/strip-block-comments.ahk

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+code =
+(
+ /**
+   * Some comments
+   * longer comments here that we can parse.
+   *
+   * Rahoo
+   */
+   function subroutine() {
+    a = /* inline comment */ b + c ;
+   }
+   /*/ <-- tricky comments */
+
+   /**
+    * Another comment.
+    */
+    function something() {
+    }
+)
+;Open-Close Comment delimiters
+	openC:="/*"
+	closeC:="*/"
+;Make it "Regex-Safe"
+	openC:=RegExReplace(openC,"(\*|\^|\?|\\|\+|\.|\!|\{|\}|\[|\]|\$|\|)","\$0")
+	closeC:=RegExReplace(closeC,"(\*|\^|\?|\\|\+|\.|\!|\{|\}|\[|\]|\$|\|)","\$0")
+;Display final result
+	MsgBox % sCode := RegExReplace(code,"s)(" . openC . ").*?(" . closeC . ")")