In Evernote if you wrap a word with ` marks and then put a comma after the ending `, the code formatting effect does not activate, even after a space after the comma, period, or other punctuation. It only activates if you put a space after the ending ` mark, which requires us to add a space, then go back and add the punctuation.
In most other modern apps that support syntax highlighting, it activates immediately when you type the ending `. Slack, for example.