Very Computer

1. Pop quiz

This quiz consists of only one question:

        Given an environment variable "ch" containing a single character,
construct a test to determine if ch contains the grave accent (`) character,
while avoiding a "No closing quote" message.

Hint:
        if %ch == `  ...  fails always.
        if "%ch" == "`"  ...   works only if ch contains a grave accent.

The reason the second test fails is that even though the grave accent is
quoted by double quotes, it is still considered unbalanced if there is not
another grave accent to balance it.  This seems like a bug to me, but if
there is some reason that this is intended behavior, I'd be interested to
hear it.

I don't know the answer to the quiz question.  I'm going to forward a copy
of this article to 4dos Compuserve tech address and see if they can give me
an answer (then see if anyone else gets it).
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