I'm not sure I understand the ARM manual example. It seems obvious that an operation should not be able to see what is supposed to happen "after" it executes, a

I'm not sure I understand the ARM manual example. It seems obvious that an operation should not be able to see what is supposed to happen "after" it executes, and that a time-like construct should not contain loops (outside of SF literature). I'm sure I'm missing a lot of detail here, but I really can't say that I feel confused by it. Ed. Oh wait, so maybe I'm just sufficiently similar to the intended audience. But wouldn't everyone who reads such a manual be?