$( command ) $() is better than `, because you can nest them (TBH, I probably haven't had a need for nesting them in the past year or so, but I remember vividl

$( command ) $() is better than `, because you can nest them (TBH, I probably haven't had a need for nesting them in the past year or so, but I remember vividly that a few times I needed it badly and would be lost if I only had `s)