Similar language features to compare with Perl and Ruby __END__

Question

Background

Perl and Ruby have the __END__ and __DATA__ tokens that allow embedding of arbitrary data directly inside a source code file.

Although this practice may not be well-advised for general-purpose programming use, it is pretty useful for "one-off" quick scripts for routine tasks.

Question:

What other programming languages support this same or similar feature, and how do they do it?

Answer 1

Perl supports the __DATA__ marker, which you can access the contents of as though it were a regular file handle.

Answer 2

Fortran has a DATA statement that sounds like what you're looking for.

Answer 3

Basic on the VIC20 and C64 had a "Data" command that worked something like this

100 DATA 1,2,3
110 DATA 4,5,6

Data could be read via a READ command.

I no longer have a c64 to test my code on.

Answer 4

SAS has the datalines construct which is used for embedding an external data file inside the source program, e.g. in the following program, there are 5 datalines (the terminator is the semi-colon on a line by itself)

data output;
  input name $ age;
  datalines;
Jim 14
Sarah 11
Hannah 9
Ben 9
Timothy 4
;
run;