How to have syntax highlighting in wordpress.com blogs?

WordPress.com uses Alex Gorbatchev’s SyntaxHighlighter so all you need to do is use the right shortcode ex:

[code language="css"]
#button {
font-weight: bold;
border: 2px solid #fff;
}
[/code]

which gives you something like this:

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it has more features and you can see a list of supported languages at http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/

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