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 \chapter{Concepts} \label{ch:concepts}
 
-%%%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-\section{Operational model} \label{sec:concepts.model}
-
-The Sod translator runs as a preprocessor, similar in nature to the
-traditional Unix \man{lex}{1} and \man{yacc}{1} tools.  The translator reads
-a \emph{module} file containing class definitions and other information, and
-writes C~source and header files.  The source files contain function
-definitions and static tables which are fed directly to a C~compiler; the
-header files contain declarations for functions and data structures, and are
-included by source files -- whether hand-written or generated by Sod -- which
-makes use of the classes defined in the module.
-
-Sod is not like \Cplusplus: it makes no attempt to `enhance' the C language
-itself.  Sod module files describe classes, messages, methods, slots, and
-other kinds of object-system things, and some of these descriptions need to
-contain C code fragments, but this code is entirely uninterpreted by the Sod
-translator.\footnote{%
-  As long as a code fragment broadly follows C's lexical rules, and properly
-  matches parentheses, brackets, and braces, the Sod translator will copy it
-  into its output unchanged.  It might, in fact, be some other kind of C-like
-  language, such as Objective~C or \Cplusplus.  Or maybe even
-  Objective~\Cplusplus, because if having an object system is good, then
-  having three must be really awesome.} %
-
-The Sod translator is not a closed system.  It is written in Common Lisp, and
-can load extension modules which add new input syntax, output formats, or
-altered behaviour.  The interface for writing such extensions is described in
-\xref{p:lisp}.  Extensions can change almost all details of the Sod object
-system, so the material in this manual must be read with this in mind: this
-manual describes the base system as provided in the distribution.
-
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 \section{Modules} \label{sec:concepts.modules}