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> It always annoys me when I see '' in places where I consider " to
> be appropriate.  There must be a reason for doing this.  What is
> it?

Especially when, in the current ISO-8959-1, ` and ' are not
symmetrical.  However, you do not want to use " (the inch symbol) when
you *do* have symmetrical quotes.  See:

    http://www.delorie.com/users/dj/brain/graphics/bits-glyphs/

Reference the bottom, you use (d) quotes when coding, but you should
use (e) quotes to indicate spoken English.  If you use ` and ', you
get (a) and (c) quotes.  You *used* to get (b) and (c) quotes, which
is where the habit started.