Where does the XXX comment prefix in Eclipse come from?

Question

I was just wandering why is the prefix XXX ?

As far as I know its used for notes/reminders (or at least this is what I use it for and that is what the peopl

Answer 1

From Sun/Oracle's Java code conventions, section 10.5.4:

Use XXX in a comment to flag something that is bogus but works. Use FIXME to flag something that is bogus and broken.