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On Nov 5,  2:00pm, Thorsten Meinecke wrote:
} Subject: Expansion/quoting quirks
}
} its output will be compared to the expected output, which is on the lines
} beginning with `#%'.
} 
} 
} # Backslash ignored between single quotes (fixed in hzoli)
} #% \$x
} echo $(echo '\$x')

This one seems really strange to me.  Why is $(foo) different from `foo`
in ksh?  I think I prefer zsh's behavior, even if it isn't compatible.

    $ echo $(echo '\$x')
    \$x
    $ echo `echo '\$x'`
    $x
    $

Look, ksh isn't even consistent about it!  Why should that $ cause a
magically different behavior?

    $ echo $(echo '\x')
    \x
    $ echo `echo '\x'`
    \x
    $

(This is ksh88, I believe, in case that matters.)

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