Robin observed:

>They are no substitute for
>
>  MVC A(L'B-1),B

       MVC   A(L'=C'...60-character literal...'),=C'...60-character
literal...'

where the repeated typing is error-prone, and the need for continuations is
clumsy initially, and especially if the literal must be modified.

Certainly, the literal can be replaced by a named constant, but many
programmers like seeing the literal's contents where it's used.

John Ehrman

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