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A FUNNY-LOOKING EXAMPLE Imagine going into a delicatessen to order something. It's an odd deli, because the menu looks like an MPE/iX command. It looks just the way it would appear in the HELP program. It might look something like this -- TOASTED :GIMME sandwichkind [;BREAD=typeofbread {, }] PLAIN [;CONDIMENT= stuffonit1 [,stuffonit2[,stuffonit3[,stuffonit4]]]] XTRALRG CAN LARGE PAPERCUP [;DRINK= drinktype {,MEDIUM }[,[ ][,SODASTRAW]]] SMALL BOTTLE HERE TINY GLASS [; ] TOGO Okay, it DOES look odd. We've added punctuation marks in odd places. But it makes sense as a kind of shorthand. And it looks a lot like a HELP dictionary entry. This is HELP's way of telling you what is available "on the menu", with hints on placing your order. ...Please pressBack to Main Index