-;;; Compact subhost repear program to merely wait for children to
-;;; "reap" them, i.e. let them exit.
+;;; This is a "repear" program that merely waits for child processes
+;;; to appear and "reap" them, i.e. read their exit status to let them
+;;; exit. The program allows an arbitrary first argument that is
+;;; indended for identifying the reaper process.