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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Where is the elusive jump command?
Date: 2000/04/02
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In article <8c668j$hv0$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net>,
  Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Also, I recall reading somewhere, perhaps the Rationale, that
> aliased was intended to be useful for the compiler writer so
> code optimizations could be anticipated.  Perhaps this usage
> is now superseded by more clever compiler designs.

Something you read somewhere but cannot remember where is not
a very convincing reference :-) In any case, no compiler writer
would have agreed to such a statement at any point during the
design, since it is obviously wrong. All Ada 83 compilers had
to deal with 'Address, so even if you restrict the experience
to the Ada world, the idea that aliased is helpful to the
compiler does not fly!


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