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>> are the same, i.e. the \cs ends at a non-letter and the space is  
>> gobbled

> Can someone give me an example where this happens in either latex or  
> tex?

Not sure if this example is what you're looking for, but a typical
case in TeX or LaTeX is:

  \TeX has a programming language that only a mother could love.

which should be written as

  \TeX{} has a programming language that only a mother could love.

or as 

  \TeX\ has a ...

-Sanjoy

`Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.'
         --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.