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> From [log in to unmask] Thu Oct  1 08:38 PDT 1998
> From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" <[log in to unmask]>
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> 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...

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