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Rob <monst.oorzudo@ntlworld.com> writes:

>
> BBC Basic used the $ symbol to indicate strings.

As did Microsoft BASIC, and QBASIC. (X$).

You can get BBC basic to run on the PC.

http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic.html