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in Maxima batch files or the interactive console.
In particular, strings are enclosed in double quotes,
backslash <code>\</code> prevents any special interpretation of the next character,
and the question mark <code>?</code> is recognized at the beginning of a symbol
to mean a Lisp symbol (as opposed to a Maxima symbol).
No continuation character (to join broken lines) is recognized.
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