in reply to print curly brackets

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## no interpolation print '{ }'; print q"{ }"; print q<{}>; print q/{ }/; print q _{}_; print q v{ }v; print q{{}}; print q[{ }]; print q({}); print q!{ }!; __END__ { }{ }{}{ }{}{ }{}{ }{}{ }