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> > Pretty much all of it. I wrote a proof of concept parser that can deduce
> > the set of rules that must be enforced and what must be changed when you
> > hit an option
> 
> Alan.  It didn't work.  It couldn't have -- among other things, the old
> language can't tell visibility from implication.

The prototype generates a very convincing table set, and the tables generate
very convincing graphs. The information to work out what option needs another
as I've said for months
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