At 11:24 PM -0500 3/6/02, Uri Guttman wrote: >.... qn would be just like qq but not allow any >direct hash interpolations (%foo or %foo{bar}). you can always get those >with $() if needed. this solves the common case with a minimal of noise >and the uncommon case has a simple out of using $(). no need for wacko >ways to put in \n. it is double quotish in all ways but one and mainly >to be used for printf format strings.
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