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From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Cc: 9fans@nx.aichi-u.ac.jp
Subject: Re: [9fans] rc
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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 22:37:22 -0500
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On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The following result is curious for me.
>
> term% a=(alice bob)
> term% echo $a(1)/
> alice /
> term% b=$a(1)
> term% echo $b/
> alice/
>
> Is this a specification or bug?

The former.  See the rules for implicit ^ insertion.