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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Subject: Re: Escapes (was String-Based Macro Systems)
Date: 3 May 2024 09:43:57 GMT
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:
>>\n  - backslash /gives/ significance to n
>>\"  - backslash /removes/ the significance of the double quote
>>That inconsistency does seem odd.
>This "inconsistency" here only stems from how you've worded
>it above. You could phrase it differently, and then the
>"inconsistency" would vanish.

  Take for instance: 

  The standard meaning of "n" is the letter,
  the standard meaning of the quotation mark is delimitation. 

  The backslash consistently imparts a special meaning deviating
  from that standard meaning in each case.