One thing why I still like reading programming blog posts is because every now and then, I come across some way to implement things that I would never, ever cou

One thing why I still like reading programming blog posts is because every now and then, I come across some way to implement things that I would never, ever could even think about. I understand how it works, it's basically equivalent to storing cross-references inside a text file like this: [chapter1]\s\e\e\ {chapter2}\ \f\o\r\ \m\o\r\e[chapter2]\g\o\ \b\a\c\k\ \t\o\ {chapter1} no problem, it's just... I wouldn't even think to think about trying to store this information inline, and if pressed to, I would not think about quoting every single verbatim piece of data individually. And arguably, it kinda makes more sense than trying to quote the { and [ instead: you've already lost the ability to just copy a blob from one file to another with a couple of places patched at known offsets, so you may as well simplify your life further.