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Programmers often feel like the physical properties of notation have only a minor influence on their interpretation process. When in a hurry, they frequently dispense with recommended variable naming, indentation, and formatting as superficial and inconsequential.

It's ironic that the authors of this statement can't be bothered to typeset their opening quote marks in the right direction-- a typical noobie mistake in TeX.



I'm not a TeX "noobie". This was a result of collaborating with multiple authors, one who preferred Word. Looks like I missed the quotes when pasting in his contributions.


I am not sure if I understand you correctly. Is it ok if I ask you for an example?


At the beginning of the second paragraph on page 2:

    The second question is: ''How are programmers
In LaTeX, `` is used for open quotes, and '' for close quotes. [0]

[0] http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/QuotDash.html


Thanks, I do know how open quotes are used in LaTex though. I couldn't understand the initial comment. Thanks for the clarification. Up-voted.




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