[Info-vax] basic BASIC question

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

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

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