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diff --git a/doc/tut2.txt b/doc/tut2.txt index dbf50894b..e92c7d2ad 100644 --- a/doc/tut2.txt +++ b/doc/tut2.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Object Oriented Programming While Nim's support for object oriented programming (OOP) is minimalistic, powerful OOP techniques can be used. OOP is seen as *one* way to design a program, not *the only* way. Often a procedural approach leads to simpler -and more efficient code. In particular, prefering composition over inheritance +and more efficient code. In particular, preferring composition over inheritance is often the better design. @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ An example: .. code-block:: nim - # This is an example how an abstract syntax tree could be modeled in Nim + # This is an example how an abstract syntax tree could be modelled in Nim type NodeKind = enum # the different node types nkInt, # a leaf with an integer value @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ As the example demonstrates, invocation of a multi-method cannot be ambiguous: Collide 2 is preferred over collide 1 because the resolution works from left to right. Thus ``Unit, Thing`` is preferred over ``Thing, Unit``. -**Perfomance note**: Nim does not produce a virtual method table, but +**Performance note**: Nim does not produce a virtual method table, but generates dispatch trees. This avoids the expensive indirect branch for method calls and enables inlining. However, other optimizations like compile time evaluation or dead code elimination do not work with methods. |