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wxjmfauth@gmail.com writes:

> Try to write an editor, a text widget, with with a coding
> scheme like the Flexible String Represenation. You will
> quickly notice, it is impossible (understand correctly).
> (You do not need a computer, just a sheet of paper and a pencil)
> Hint: what is the character at the caret position?

I am convinced you are not conceptually understanding FST very well.
Alternatively, you may have a strange notion of “impossible”.
Or both.

ciao, lele.
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