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Some languages (Perl and PHP) will interpolate variables in double-quoted strings. Getting in the habit of typing single-quotes defends against accidentally usi

Some languages (Perl and PHP) will interpolate variables in double-quoted strings. Getting in the habit of typing single-quotes defends against accidentally using variable substitution when you don't mean to.

nemild 11y ago
And Ruby
univerio 11y ago
But some other languages (C/C++) have different meaning assigned to single-quoted strings. Getting in the habit of typing double quotes will ensure you will always get a string.