> From [log in to unmask] Thu Oct 1 08:38 PDT 1998
> From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Is it really? Anyone ever seen anything like the following in an Ada
> book?
>
> Thinking in Java, by Bruce Eckel, Chapter 3:
>
> after taking three pages to introduce assignment, 95% of it devoted to
> aliasing, the section ends with
>
> "Aliasing and its solution is a complex issue and, although you must
> wait until Chapter 12 for all the answers, you should be aware of it at
> this point so you can watch for pitfalls."
>
The only time I ever saw something like that was in a book on differential
equations. The instructor had been using the text for years without noticing
it. I dropped that class...