Re: basic BASIC question

On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 19:32:35 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 2/3/2025 5:05 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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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.

I know. Normal people see it as an absolute nightmare to try to calculate
a count prefix. But surely any self-respecting editor makes that easy,
e.g.

    44HThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

It only took me a few seconds in Emacs, even without the benefit of a
custom command to make it faster.