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typos in llvm.txt (thanks lucie)

Quentin Carbonneaux 9 years ago
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 Both QBE and LLVM are compiler backends using an SSA
 Both QBE and LLVM are compiler backends using an SSA
-representation.  This document will explain why the
-advanced stage in which LLVM is does not make QBE a
-redundant project.  Obviously, everything following is
-probably biased, because written by me.
+representation.  This document will explain why LLVM
+does not make QBE a redundant project.  Obviously,
+everything following is probably biased, because
+written by me.
 
 
 - Scope
 - Scope
 -------
 -------
 
 
-QBE is a much smaller scale projects with different
-goals than LLVM.
+QBE is a much smaller scale project with different goals
+than LLVM.
 
 
   * QBE is for amateur language designers.
   * QBE is for amateur language designers.
 
 
     It does not address all the problems faced when
     It does not address all the problems faced when
     conceiving an industry-grade language.  If you are
     conceiving an industry-grade language.  If you are
     toying with some language ideas, using LLVM will
     toying with some language ideas, using LLVM will
-    feel like throwing your backpack in a truck, but
-    using QBE will feel more like biking.
+    be like hauling your backpack in a truck, but using
+    QBE will feel more like biking.
 
 
   * QBE is about the first 70%, not the last 30%.
   * QBE is about the first 70%, not the last 30%.
 
 
     It attempts to pinpoint, in the extremely vast
     It attempts to pinpoint, in the extremely vast
     compilation literature, the optimizations that get
     compilation literature, the optimizations that get
-    you 70% of the performance in 10% of the code needed
-    to scrape the last bits of performance.
+    you 70% of the performance in 10% of the code of
+    full blown compilers.
 
 
     For example, copy propagation on SSA form is
     For example, copy propagation on SSA form is
     implemented in 160 lines of code in QBE!
     implemented in 160 lines of code in QBE!
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ are a few things provided in QBE to consider.
 
 
   * LLVM IR is more cluttered with memory operations.
   * LLVM IR is more cluttered with memory operations.
 
 
-    Implementing SSA construction is hard, and to save
-    its frontends from having to do it, LLVM provides
+    Implementing SSA construction is hard.  To save its
+    users from having to implement it, LLVM provides
     stack slots.  This means that one increment of
     stack slots.  This means that one increment of
     a variable `v` will be composed of three LLVM
     a variable `v` will be composed of three LLVM
     instructions: one load, one add, and one store.
     instructions: one load, one add, and one store.
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ are a few things provided in QBE to consider.
 
 
     For the sake of advanced optimizations and
     For the sake of advanced optimizations and
     correctness, LLVM has complex IL types.  However,
     correctness, LLVM has complex IL types.  However,
-    only a few types are really first class in the IL
-    and many operations of source languages require
-    casts to be compiled.
+    only a few types are really first class and many
+    operations of source languages require casts to be
+    compiled.
 
 
     Because QBE makes a much lighter use of types, the
     Because QBE makes a much lighter use of types, the
     IL is more readable and shorter.  It can of course be
     IL is more readable and shorter.  It can of course be
     argued back that correctness of QBE is jeoparadized,
     argued back that correctness of QBE is jeoparadized,
-    but remember that, in practice, the large amounts
+    but remember that, in practice, the large amount
     of casts necessary in LLVM IL is compromizing the
     of casts necessary in LLVM IL is compromizing the
     overall effectiveness of the type system.
     overall effectiveness of the type system.