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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi –</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was reading through “METAFONT: The Program”, Vol D (ISBN 0-201-13438-1) and noticed an error on p. 120, 5 lines from the bottom:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">“This procedure returns a pointer…” should be</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">“This function returns a pointer…”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I didn’t see this reported in any of the errata files. I also checked the current mf.web source file, and see the same text.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s not a big deal, but it’s incorrect because Pascal makes a distinction between procedures and functions.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Rino</p>
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