ada/5907: The Ada front end lacks a proper manual

[Florian Weimer]

Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:

> If I remember correctly from the last time this came up, the problem
> is that the transforming program is written in an exotic language
> (SNOBOL?) and therefore can't be run on most people's systems.

I'm rewriting the program from scratch, in Ada.

> If so, I encourage you to check everything into CVS anyway, right
> now, but comment out the relevant Makefile rules.  The documentation
> will then be available in some form for people to read; we can
> proceed immediately to address concerns about the content;

Yes, I strongly second that.