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diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md index 9eb5761f..ef6dd7a1 100644 --- a/Readme.md +++ b/Readme.md @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Here's a second example, of a recipe that can take ingredients: <img alt='fahrenheit to celsius' src='html/f2c-1.png' width='426px'> Recipes can specify headers showing their expected ingredients and products, -separated by '->' (unlike the '<-' in *calls*). +separated by `->` (unlike the `<-` in *calls*). Since mu is a low-level VM language, it provides extra control at the cost of verbosity. You have explicit control over stack frames to isolate your recipes @@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ this translation recipes are once again just lists of instructions. This alternative syntax isn't just an implementation detail. I've actually found it easier to teach functions to non-programmers by starting with this -syntax, so that they can see the names of variables gradually transition from -caller to callee. +syntax, so that they can visualize a pipe from caller to callee, and see the +names of variables gradually get translated through the pipe. --- |