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> Replying to Peter Nielsen's comment about "See" index
> entries not usually being helpful...
>
> Peter, the example you gave (I think it was "Baked
> beans: see Beans, baked") was a fine example of a
> pointless cross-reference - which is high on my list
> of what not to do in an index or anywhere else.
Some of my favorite index entries, From Stan Kelly-Bootle's
"Computer Contradictionary":
Loop, endless: see Endless loop
Endless loop: see Loop, endless
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