On Sep 6, 2007, at 2:56 PM, Eric Chevalier wrote:
On 9/6/2007 4:31 PM, Edmund R. MacKenty wrote:
Note that I'm using $(...) instead of backticks. Backticks are evil!
The InList() function is slick; I like it!
But I'm curious: why are backticks evil? (I didn't know about the
"$(command)" trick; I've been using backticks for a long time. I learn
something new every day!)
Backticks don't nest (without extensive and tricky escaping). $() does.
Adam
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