RE: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (beta) now available

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Subject: RE: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (beta) now available
From: Richter, Jörg <Joerg.Richter@...>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:57:25 +0000

> Is there any historical reason for that use of the backtick in quotes? 
> I always found it kind of odd. Does its use came fro TeX ?

It is related to old X fonts. See http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/quotes.html

- Jörg

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (beta) now available, Paige DePol
- Mommy, where did straight apostrophes come from? (was Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (beta) now available), Jay Carlson

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- [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (beta) now available, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo
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- Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (beta) now available, Dirk Laurie
- Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (beta) now available, Roberto Ierusalimschy
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- Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (beta) now available, Roberto Ierusalimschy
- Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (beta) now available, Ignacio Burgueño

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