[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] inconsistent punctuation

From: Arthur A. Gleckler <arthur>
Date: Tue Nov 14 15:16:10 2006

On Nov 14, 2006, at 12:11 PM, John Cowan wrote:

> The claim that one style is correct and the other is incorrect is,
> well, incorrect. Both conventions have been and continue to be used.
> The punctuation-inside style is the older one, and is most often used
> in North America, whereas the punctuation-outside style is more
> recent,
> generally used outside North America, and is more rational, since it
> does not use quotation marks around something that is not itself part
> of the quotation.

Fair enough. I should have left out which I thought was correct.

> Therefore I recommend that the punctuation-outside style be adopted
> throughout.

That would be fine with me. I like your argument from Eric Raymond.
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