[Info-vax] A DCL wish list of sorts...

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <q6o61c$2e3$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> > $ write sys$output "Print a double quote "" followed by a single quote ''''"
> > Print a double quote " followed by a single quote '
> 
> Using an escape character is more readable IMHO. That would allow you
> to write your example as something like this:
> 
> $ write sys$output "Print a double quote \" followed by a single quote \'"

Granted.  Back to the original example, it is clear why "" prints "; 
this is common (e.g. Fortran).  But why does '''' print '?  Not obvious.