Sujet : Re: basic BASIC question
De : arne (at) *nospam* vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
Groupes : comp.os.vmsDate : 04. Feb 2025, 01:32:35
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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.
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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
basic BASIC question
Re: basic BASIC question