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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 100 Random Single Variable Linear Equations
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porkchop@invalid.foo (Mike Sanders) writes:
[...]
> One older book I have (from 1917!) has 1-2 paragraphs saying 5x without
> an intervening * is very bad form & yet, everybody seems to use it, at
> least here the USA.
[...]

Can you identify the book?  It's likely to be in the public domain, and
perhaps available online.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */