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+alex (A tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell)
+
+Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell, given a
+description of the tokens to be recognised in the form of regular
+expressions. It is similar to the tool lex or flex for C/C++.
+
+Requires: ghc.