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@@ -3222,7 +3222,7 @@ Here some general tips for getting better code are presented. They are
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mainly concerned with coding style.
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\begin{itemize}
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-\item Find a better algorithm. No matter how muck you and the compiler
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+\item Find a better algorithm. No matter how much you and the compiler
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tweak the code, a quicksort will (almost) always outperform a bubble
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sort, for example.
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@@ -3233,7 +3233,8 @@ using longint and cardinal variables.
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\item Turn on the optimizer.
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\item If you are allocating and disposing a lot of small memory blocks,
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-check out the heapblocks variable. (\refref)
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+check out the heapblocks variable. (heapblocks are on by default from
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+release 0.99.8 on)
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\item Profile your code (see the -pg switch) to find out where the
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bottlenecks are. If you want, you can rewrite those parts in assembler.
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michael