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4.2.56 ‘-r!’: Make ‘!’ denote short comment [RATFOR]

See the corresponding discussion of ‘-!’ in -!’: Make ‘!’ denote short comment (FORTRAN & RATFOR) and -n!’: Make ‘!’ denote short comment [FORTRAN].

In FORTRAN-77, to include the exclamation point inside a string, escape it with a backslash, as in

        s = "A \! inside a string"