Portability of $(expr) vs `expr` in bash

[Leonard den Ottolander <leonard den ottolander nl>]

Hi,

I'm wondering if the usage of $(expr) vs `expr` in bash scripts is
portable, ie if we could get rid of all the unnecessary spawning of
shells for such expressions by replacing the latter with the former.

Leonard.

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