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    No, there's no point using or teaching `...`. It's there for backward portability with the Bourne shell only (like the Bourne shell had ^ (same as |) for backward portability with the Thomson shell). Note however that (t)csh don't have $(...) (but there's no much point using or teaching them either). Commented Jan 21, 2015 at 21:26
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    It's a Groucho Marx thing `;{) Commented Jan 21, 2015 at 22:08
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    Wait, backticks are deprecated?? Does anybody have a canonical reference explaining why? (Weird syntax characters are very hard to search on.) Commented Jan 22, 2015 at 13:16
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    Easier to type. `` - 2 keys presses; $() - shift+4,9, shift+0 - 5 key presses; Commented Jan 22, 2015 at 17:18
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    @MathematicalOrchid stackoverflow.com/questions/9405478/… seems pretty good. Backticks are very difficult to nest properly, especially when additional quotes are involved. Commented Jan 26, 2015 at 17:34