On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 09:58 -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> > Why?
> 
> Because
> 
> * Back ticks are deprecated, and in future may be used for something
>   else.
I've never heard of this.  Interesting.

> * One can nest $(), but not back ticks.
I've never thought of this.  Useful.

> * In some fonts, back ticks may be confused with ticks, producing
>   programming errors, where in most fonts parentheses are not easily
>   confused with other characters.
I've never doubted this.  Figures.

> * $() shows up better when one uses Emacs' parentheses matching minor
>   mode.
I've never needed this.  Irrelevant.  :)

That really is useful info to know.  I'd be interested in reading about
the back tick being deprecated.  Any links?  I'll just google if not.

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Gabriel Gunderson
http://gundy.org


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