Timeline for What's the difference between $(stuff) and `stuff`?
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| Sep 8, 2015 at 20:04 | comment | added | schily | The problem is that you need to know where the string ends before you call the parser. This is relatively simple with the backticks, but it is hard with brackets as they are used for various purposes in the shell. So you need the parser twice and in a way that does not exist in the Bourne Shell. | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 15:58 | comment | added | Emmanuel | @schily On the other side, what would be a shell without a good parser. | |
| Sep 6, 2015 at 13:18 | comment | added | schily | While $() may look nice, it is a pain when implementing a related parser because it requires a dual recursive parser. | |
| S Jan 18, 2015 at 14:25 | history | suggested | Axel Beckert | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Fix some grammar and formating issues |
| Jan 18, 2015 at 13:29 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Feb 19, 2014 at 12:36 | history | answered | Emmanuel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |