On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Matthew Winn apparently wrote: 
> But "..." versus '...' is just as explicit.

Ah, that explains why the question keeps coming up on this 
list and never in a Python forum ... Or not?

> In fact, apart from Python and XML I can't think of any 
> languages that don't make a distinction between double and 
> single quotes, as it's an extremely useful difference and 
> it's a waste of a limited character set to ignore it. 

Hmm, "I guess you 'never need' nested quotes?"

In any case, I did not suggest changing the current quote
behavior, just adding an additional syntax.

Cheers,
Alan Isaac

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