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If I have a variable who's name is partially constructed from the 
contents of another variable:

        eval "t$bb="
        eval "echo \$t$bb"

... the above handles it all fine, but is there a simpler syntax?  I 
understand that most/much of what 'eval' does can be written more elegantly.