From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 2/3/2025 8:18 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Note that the above seems to be a hollerith edit descriptor (deleted in   
   Fortran 95 standard) and not a hollerith constant (deleted in   
   Fortran 77 standard). Counting is not a problem in hollerith constants,   
   but changing the string can be.   
      
   Arne   
      
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