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From: kenny@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: What does Z["ack"] = 5 mean?
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Date: 10 Oct 88 03:09:00 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!kenny    Oct  9 22:09:00 1988


It would be clearer had K&R said specifically, in section 7.4, that
addition is commutative.  I'm not *blaming* K&R -- to me the intent
was clear -- but more than one compiler writer has misinterpreted the
passage.