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-Time-stamp: <2004-03-14 22:12:02 blp>
+Time-stamp: <2004-03-26 01:12:33 blp>
+
+What Ben's working on now.
+--------------------------
+
+Procedures need to be able to make multiple passes.
+
+Write a better descriptive stats evaluator based on NR two-pass technique,
+revise all existing code to use it.
+
+Update q2c input format description.
+
+Rewrite output subsystem, break into multiple processes.
+
+CROSSTABS needs to be re-examined.
 
 TODO
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+Expressions need to be able to abbreviate function names.  XDATE.QUARTER
+abbreviates to XDA.QUA, etc.
+
+The expression tests need tests for XDATE and a few others, see
+tests/xforms/expressions.sh comments for details.
+
+Expressions need random distribution functions.
+
+There needs to be another layer onto the lexer, which should probably be
+entirely rewritten anyway.  The lexer needs to read entire *commands* at a
+time, not just a *line* at a time.  It also needs to support arbitrary putback,
+probably by just backing up the "current position" in the command buffer.
+
 Scratch variables should not be available for use following TEMPORARY.
 
 Details of N OF CASES, SAMPLE, FILTER, PROCESS IF, TEMPORARY, etc., need to be
@@ -71,11 +98,6 @@ Eliminate private data in struct variable through use of pointers.
 
 Fix som_columns().
 
-There needs to be another layer onto the lexer, which should probably be
-entirely rewritten anyway.  The lexer needs to read entire *commands* at a
-time, not just a *line* at a time.  This would vastly simplify the
-(yet-to-be-implemented) logging mechanism and other stuff as well.
-
 Has glob.c been pared down enough?
 
 Improve interactivity of output by allowing a `commit' function for a page.