& vs. && in Oracle

I believe the standard is that a single & designates a substitution variable that prompts each time it is encountered. A double && prompts once and uses the same value for all occurrences. Why does PL/SQL Developer treat a single & as a double and not handle the &&? I have to modify my scripts for testing, or use another tool, before submitting them to be executed by other tools.
 
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