Emanuel Berg [2014-06-11 17:20:31 +02:00] wrote:

> You still haven't said one word why anyone would benefit from using
> those chars instead of the standard " and ' (and ...) that works
> everywhere and that everyone is familiar with (having trained their
> eyes for them year-in, year-out).

For instance, every book uses real quotation marks and apostrophes. They
are standard in the publishing world. Many people use Emacs to write
text that will be published (web, printed material).