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Re: Help with Compiler Errors

From: Eric Tubbs <eatubbs@email.com>
I do have one question regarding the PROCESS APOST. though....

===> Eric, the use of ' rather than " goes back to (at least)
the IBM model 026 keypunch from the early 1960s that simply
did not have a " as a key, but only a '. To make things worse,
' is lower case on a QWERTY keyboard while " is upper case
(you have to press the shift key too), so it was "more convenient"
to type ' rather than "

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