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mitchty
on April 15, 2013
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Eww, why would you want triple quotation marks being adopted anywhere?
What overlying function in print would they serve exactly?
saurik
on April 15, 2013
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Many people forget that using inch marks in place of quotation marks (which don't have neating issues) is an ASCII-only phenomenon.
TazeTSchnitzel
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They aren't "inch marks". They're straight double quote marks. The prime (used for feet, arc minutes), double prime (used for inches, arc seconds) and ditto mark are all distinct.
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What overlying function in print would they serve exactly?