Speaking of languages with alternative  means of specifying quotes, C# has a
lovely one. For instance, let's say I want to make a multiline string  with
quotes in Java:

String js = "\n<script language=\"JavaScript\">\n\talert(\"Hi!\");\n</script>";

I could do it in C# like this:

string js = @"
<script language=""JavaScript"">
alert(""Hi!"");
</script>";

Now why can't Java have something like that?