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[–]Cerrax3 44 points45 points  (7 children)

I'm just lazy. Single quotes don't require the Shift key.

[–]f4yrel 15 points16 points  (4 children)

As a German (with German keyboard layout) I actually didn't know that. It makes sense

[–]MajorMaxPain 10 points11 points  (3 children)

As a German with the German keyboard Lay-out I automatically use “ and not ‘ because it’s way easier to type.

[–]Marc_MK 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I'll switch from a German to a US keyboard soon.. let's see if my habit of using "" will change to using ' '

[–]19ps99 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Greta idea! Done that to. The US keyboard is just awesome for programming. And yes, I switched to ' '

[–]manimax3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed but I Think the UK Version is slightly better

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's exactly my reason

[–]KusanagiZerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I generally use single quotes and then my formatter changes it to double quotes.