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From: Nick Roberts <nick.roberts@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: DOM and SAX parsing in Ada
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:45:48 +0000
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Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> wrote:

> Looking at the code, there are lots and lots of comments, mostly in the
> specs, but also in some bodies. I have also found the introductory
> sections in some of the specs instructive, if somewhat formal. What is it
> that is missing when you want to "maintain" XML/Ada?

There are almost no comments in the package bodies, and there is no other
maintenance documentation in any other form. To my mind, that's ridiculous
for such a complex piece of software.

-- 
Nick Roberts