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* Re: [9fans] Grave
@ 2001-07-11  8:13 forsyth
  2001-07-11  8:31 ` Lucio De Re
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: forsyth @ 2001-07-11  8:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

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Byron's rc accepts that but i don't think Plan 9's ever did.


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From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans mailing list <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: [9fans] Grave
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:52:33 +0200
Message-ID: <20010711095232.N22003@cackle.proxima.alt.za>

When did
	X=`pwd
start giving a
	rc: #d/0: token pwd: syntax error
requiring
	X=`{pwd}
instead?

Just curious.

++L

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* Re: [9fans] Grave
  2001-07-11  8:13 [9fans] Grave forsyth
@ 2001-07-11  8:31 ` Lucio De Re
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lucio De Re @ 2001-07-11  8:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:13:12AM +0100, forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk wrote:
>
> Byron's rc accepts that but i don't think Plan 9's ever did.
>
Those two shells are even more readily confused than acme and wily :-)
For which I am greatly grateful.

But I always disliked the ` alone, didn't really like it in the `{}
format much.  It's a pity the Korn shell's $() couldn't be assimilated
without philosophical and political implications :-)

Ah, well...

++L


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* [9fans] Grave
@ 2001-07-11  7:52 Lucio De Re
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lucio De Re @ 2001-07-11  7:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans mailing list

When did
	X=`pwd
start giving a
	rc: #d/0: token pwd: syntax error
requiring
	X=`{pwd}
instead?

Just curious.

++L


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