Script style: ` or $()?

[Chris Rees]

On 30 May 2012 22:44, Xin Li <delphij at delphij.net> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Is there any rule of style for new code that ` or $() is preferred?
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Seems that either no preference or $() is the rule, but if you're
documenting a code example that is designed to be copy/pasted to a
shell then you should use `` -- otherwise you make life very difficult
for t?csh users.

Chris