C) The whole idea of a whole *class* of metacharacters (space, slash, backslash, backquote, semicolon, etc.) is an idiotic *Unix* practice.
It's only in interactive shells.
You don't have to worry about it ever if you use tcl,perl,java (prolly python) and C/C++
There's only so many keys on a keyboard for them to give the power of the shell it's ability. And so it's not an idiotic Unix practice, but a shell one, wherever the shell runs
The whole idea that quote doesn't shut down the metaness of *every* character except quote is just a stupid design decision from the Bourne shell days propagated 20 years into the future.
quote, or double-quote ?
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