From 0d7057dd44f3353c56250bfe46ed1eca11d4a257 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Subramani Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 01:18:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] readme: improve wording, fix typos (#12250) --- README.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9d58dc9ba4..0689012a35 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ - Fast compilation: ≈110k loc/s with a Clang backend, ≈1 million loc/s with native and tcc backends *(Intel i5-7500, SSD, no optimization)* ([demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvP6wmcl_Sc)) - Easy to develop: V compiles itself in less than a second -- Performance: as fast as C (V's main backend compiles to human readable C) +- Performance: as fast as C (V's main backend compiles to human-readable C) - Safety: no null, no globals, no undefined behavior, immutability by default - C to V translation - Hot code reloading - [Innovative memory management](https://vlang.io/#memory) ([demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmB8ea8uLsM)) - [Cross-platform UI library](https://github.com/vlang/ui) - Built-in graphics library -- Easy cross compilation +- Easy cross-compilation - REPL - [Built-in ORM](https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/doc/docs.md#orm) - [Built-in web framework](https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/vlib/vweb/README.md) - C and JavaScript backends -- Great for writing low level software ([Vinix OS](https://github.com/vlang/vinix)) +- Great for writing low-level software ([Vinix OS](https://github.com/vlang/vinix)) ## Stability guarantee and future changes @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ sudo ./v symlink ``` On Windows, start a new shell with administrative privileges, for -example by Windows Key, then type `cmd.exe`, right click on its menu +example by Windows Key, then type `cmd.exe`, right-click on its menu entry, and choose `Run as administrator`. In the new administrative shell, cd to the path, where you have compiled v.exe, then type: @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Please restart your shell/editor after that, so that it can pick the new PATH variable. NB: there is no need to run `v symlink` more than once - v will -continue to be available, even after `v up`, restarts and so on. +continue to be available, even after `v up`, restarts, and so on. You only need to run it again, if you decide to move the V repo folder somewhere else. @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ https://github.com/vlang/gitly ## Vinix, an OS/kernel written in V -V is great for writing low level software like drivers and kernels. +V is great for writing low-level software like drivers and kernels. Vinix is an OS/kernel that already runs bash, GCC, V, and nano. https://github.com/vlang/vinix