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by lolikoisuru 2869 days ago
>[0] Except for the backtick as opening quote. Objectively, I think this is a good design decision for any language, but it takes a lot of getting used to.

The `quoting' in m4 is pretty nice since it makes the quotes easy to nest. Sure braces would also be an option but I don't see any fundamental difference between the two, just visual.