# `:aka`, `=*`, "tistar" `{$aka p/term q/twig r/twig}`

Alias.

Makes `p` an alias of value `q`, producing a `%bull`, the alias type. Useful when you don't want to write
out a long address multiple times, for example `p.s.+.variable`, which translates to `p` within `s` within the tail of `variable`.

Examples:

    ~zod/try=> 
        =+  a=1
        =*  b  a
        [a b]
    [1 1]
    ~zod/try=> 
        =+  a=1
        =*  b  a
        =.  a  2
        [a b]
    [2 2]

Here we see two simple examples of `=*`, both aliasing `b` to the value
of `a`. In our second case you can see that even when we change the
value of `a`, `b` continues to point to that value.