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Well, yes, but how far should we go in explaining the semantics of programming languages? I mean, isn't it common knowledge that the name of a variable stands for its value? When the manual says ``the value of a variable'', what could the reader possibly think of except the variable's name?
Erik ====
% set variableName 34 34 % puts $variableName 34 % puts variableName variableName
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