On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 01:03:55PM -0400, n...@lavabit.com wrote: > Semi unrelated question: why are so many people at suckless using ` ` > instead of $( ) ? I've seen it here, dmenu_path, surf's config.h... etc. > > $( ) only fails in very, very old shells... think original bourne
I use backticks out of habit... and maybe ignorance. Can you explain your preference? --Noah
