From: haahr@kaleida.com (Paul Haahr)
To: drazen@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu (drazen)
Cc: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: `{prog args} versus `(prog args)
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 22:42:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9312300343.AA26911@kaleida.com> (raw)
> Is there a "real" difference between
> ; x = `{prog args ...}
>and
> ; x = `(prog args ...)
yes. `() can contain only words, not things like redirections and pipes,
whereas `{} can contain any rc commands. that `() works is just a happy
accident of the orthogonality of rc.
paul
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1993-12-30 3:42 Paul Haahr [this message]
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1993-12-30 2:34 drazen
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