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On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:42:46 +1100, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
wrote:

>In actual fact, the real problem is that quoted strings need to be
>able to contain _anything_. The only true solution to that is
>length-provided strings:
>
>s = "4spam
>q = "14Hello, world!\n
>
>This works beautifully in interchange formats, but rather poorly in
>source code (or, for that matter, anything editable).
>
	Worked in FORTRAN for decades...

	4Hspam

No line feeds however, and one did have to count spaces for long strings
when part of a complex format statement...
	10Hfive     ,rest of statement
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