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Merge pull request #81 from whereswaldon/patch-1

Fix a couple typos.

commit19a0eb8d36997bf0a4d6346594da65e33b0796f4 authorGalen Wolfe-Pauly <galen@office-for.com> dateMon 25 Jul 2016, 15:36 (10 years ago) parente3ce5b6cb9568f
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@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ is often vocalized or subvocalized. "pal" is easier to say,
102102aloud or silently, then "left paren."
103103
104104Note that the list includes two separate whitespace forms: `ace`
105−for a single space, `gap` for 2+, comment or newline. Hoon
106−Besides `ace` versus `gap`, whitespace is not significant.
105+for a single space, `gap` for 2+, comment or newline. In Hoon,
106+the only significance in whitespace is the difference between
107+`ace` and `gap`.
107108
108109Comments start with `::` and run to the end of the line. Hard
109110tab characters are illegal, and an 80-column right margin is
@@ -346,7 +347,8 @@ starting in order of construction from `a`, or within a tuple
346347mold `p`. Hoon uses single-letter names for the same reason
347348Algol style languages pass arguments by order, rather than
348349keyword. Naming items by order makes sense when there are no
349−more than three or four; five is stretching it; six is outright.
350+more than three or four; five is stretching it; six is outright
351+ridiculous.
350352
351353For example, when defining `add`, we want to name the operands
352354`a` and `b`. It's silly to call them `foo` and `bar`, let alone