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Just a dumb question for computer people: Why can we have smart quotes and auto capitals, but not smart parentheses? There’s three kinds—(, [, {—that each take up 2 keys. If the right one showed up automagically, couldn’t it easily free up space on the keyboard for something important—like more emojis?
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