Recent developments in generation algorithms have enabled work in nnificafion-based computational linguistics to approach more closely the ideal of grammars as declarative statements of linguistic facts, neutral between analysis an0_synthesis, x-"~-oui this perspective, however, the situation is still far from perfect; all known methods of generation impose constraints on the grammars they assume. We briefly consider a number of proposals for generation, outlining their consequences for the form of grammacs, and then report on experience arising from the addition of a generator to an existing unification environment. .
