Autzoo.1132
advising
utzoo!henry
Tue Nov 17 15:43:49 1981
backslashes
A generalization of Phyllis's earlier note:  backslashes at random
places in text are a sure route to disaster, since they almost always
mean something to nroff/troff, and usually not what you want.  This
is less obvious than beginning text lines with . or ' , but is even
more disastrous since most lower-case letters have special meanings to
nroff/troff when preceded by a backslash.  Add this to the list of
things to look for in the event of inexplicable misbehavior.

I don't think it is fair to criticize JFO for this one;  if one is
going to use a particular character to flag commands, this inevitably
implies being careful how you use that character.