I've heard the rumor too, but I can't remember where. All I know is I'm not switching to $() until vim stops highlighting them red.
On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 at 12:54 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 10:16:26AM -0600, Gabriel Gunderson wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 09:58 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > Why? > > > > > > Because > > > > * Back ticks are deprecated, and in future may be used for something > > > else. > > I've never heard of this. Interesting. > > > I'd be interested in reading about the back tick being deprecated. > > Any links? I'll just google if not. > > I thought I had read that in Newham and Rosenblatt, Learning the Bash > Shell, O'Reilly,2nd. ed., but on a quick search I don't see it. They > do refer to it as "archaic" (Table 1-6). In a footnote on page 103 > they say it is there for backward compatibility. The man page is > silent on deprecation. So I could be wrong on that. > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
