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A variable variable, used to refer to another [variable]. Commonly used when discussing SourceCode in english when the speaker is refering to a [variable] and the name is unimportant.
-See also: [Foo], [foo]
+The type of a MetaSyntacticVariable is generally held to be irrelavent, partly because there are commonly used [variable] names when the type is important (''i'', ''j'' and ''k'' for loop counters, for instance).
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See also: [Foo], [foo] and [Bar
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