Which quotes does a programmer need?

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Published on 2009-03-24T20:27:36Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 15:31 UTC
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My keyboard only has normal quotes, not the smart ones.

I have obversed that I need normal ones in cgi development and the backward ones in AWK/SED.

Is there any rule when I should use smart quotes, normal ones and backward ones?

Obviously, I need to edit my keyboard layout to get the smart quotes.

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