Steve Long wrote:
> IMO the real reason you have such an issue with quoting is the redundant
> braces which are Gentoo house style; too many newbie scripters think that
> cd ${S} is safe when it should be cd "${S}" or more simply cd "$S". I don't
> buy the legibility argument since most people use syntax highlighting. It
> just sets the parser up for a non-event (yes I am *that* fussy about
> cycles.) My suspicion is that it came from echo "${RD}message$NO"

Or because the unbraced case looks like ass.

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