simple eval question

[N Becker]

Paul Rubin <phr-n2001d at nightsong.com> wrote in message news:<7xlmhoc2q6.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com>...
> nbecker at fred.net (N Becker) writes:
> > What is wrong with this?
> > 
> > eval ("print \"hello\"')
> 
> Unbalanced quotes.  You began the string with a double quote and ended
> it with a single quote.  Did you mean
>   eval ('print \"hello\"')
> ?

Yes, that doesn't work either.