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@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ descriptions of \citet{Dybvig:2010aa}. In the mid 2000's a student of
 Dybvig's named Abdulaziz Ghuloum observed that the front-to-back
 Dybvig's named Abdulaziz Ghuloum observed that the front-to-back
 organization of the course made it difficult for students to
 organization of the course made it difficult for students to
 understand the rationale for the compiler design. Ghuloum proposed the
 understand the rationale for the compiler design. Ghuloum proposed the
-incremental approach~\citep{Ghuloum:2006bh}.
+incremental approach~\citep{Ghuloum:2006bh} that this book is based
+on.
 
 
 We thank the many students who served as teaching assistants for the
 We thank the many students who served as teaching assistants for the
 compiler course at IU and made suggestions for improving the book
 compiler course at IU and made suggestions for improving the book
@@ -358,9 +359,9 @@ Near, Ryan Newton, Nate Nystrom, Andrew Tolmach, and Michael Wollowski
 for teaching courses based on early drafts of this book and for their
 for teaching courses based on early drafts of this book and for their
 invaluable feedback.
 invaluable feedback.
 
 
-We thank Ronald Garcia helping Jeremy survive Dybvig's compiler course
-in the early 2000's and especially for finding the bug that sent the
-garbage collector on a wild goose chase!
+We thank Ronald Garcia for helping Jeremy survive Dybvig's compiler
+course in the early 2000's and especially for finding the bug that
+sent the garbage collector on a wild goose chase!
 
 
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 \noindent Jeremy G. Siek \\
 \noindent Jeremy G. Siek \\
@@ -1243,12 +1244,12 @@ $52$ then $10$, the following produces $42$ (not $-42$).
 \subsection{Extensible Interpreters via Method Overriding}
 \subsection{Extensible Interpreters via Method Overriding}
 \label{sec:extensible-interp}
 \label{sec:extensible-interp}
 
 
-To prepare for discussing the interpreter for \LangVar{}, we need to
-explain why we choose to implement the interpreter using
+To prepare for discussing the interpreter for \LangVar{}, we 
+explain why we to implement the interpreter using
 object-oriented programming, that is, as a collection of methods
 object-oriented programming, that is, as a collection of methods
 inside of a class. Throughout this book we define many interpreters,
 inside of a class. Throughout this book we define many interpreters,
 one for each of the languages that we study. Because each language
 one for each of the languages that we study. Because each language
-builds on the prior one, there is a lot of commonality between their
+builds on the prior one, there is a lot of commonality between these
 interpreters. We want to write down those common parts just once
 interpreters. We want to write down those common parts just once
 instead of many times. A naive approach would be to have, for example,
 instead of many times. A naive approach would be to have, for example,
 the interpreter for \LangIf{} handle all of the new features in that
 the interpreter for \LangIf{} handle all of the new features in that