On Thu 24 Feb 2011 22:49, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Andreas Rottmann <a.rottm...@gmx.at> writes:
>
>> That's not true for '$(...)', see SUSv3, Section 2.6.3. 
>
> Solaris 5.10 /bin/sh:
>
>> echo $(echo foo)
> syntax error: `(' unexpected

Gross :)

Perhaps it's an argument for preferring Guile over shell for scripting
and testing, once Guile is built anyway.  Not that I want to burden this
particular contribution with this can of worms.

Andy
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