Apostrophe woes

[der Mouse]

In article <16829 at leadsv.UUCP>, schip at sgi400.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Jan Schipmolder) writes:

> [O]n my system, the following two commands have the same identical
> effect:

> echo `date`
> date

I would be willing to stake a small amount of money that from the first
through the ninth of each month they don't.

					der Mouse

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