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Subject: Re: basic BASIC question
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 19:32:35 -0500
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On 2/3/2025 5:05 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 15:39:37 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> [Hollerith] is an extension in VMS fortran.
>>
>> And even though it is a horrible way to do text, then it is not
>> something one get to use accidentally.
> 
> Trouble is, every other notation for string literals requires some kind of
> escape system for representing characters that might interfere with the
> syntax notation itself.

True. But that does not seem to be a problem. Whether it is
because it is simple or because practical all developers
know the two main ways (doubling and backslash escape)
does not change that it work fine.

Arne