X-Git-Url: https://thelambdalab.xyz/gitweb/index.cgi?p=scheme.forth.jl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=8f7f12ece52cfbb9e7975bff817e8949a1092e1b;hp=0a861b9d609e10a1788bade63c844325063c5a08;hb=ed191ba289bdcd6c0aa2e1079e63e8069ca6965c;hpb=e1a4719549029d88e1409a1fbf074e96cce6e6e5 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0a861b9..8f7f12e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ You'll then be greeted by the following prompt: ;; M-Eval input: At this point you can start entering Scheme commands... but be prepared to wait -a while for the result. After all, when evaluating commands in the MCE you are +a while for each result. After all, when evaluating commands in the MCE you are running a program in a Scheme interpreter running inside another Scheme interpreter which is itself running on a Forth system that is implemented atop -the Julia numerical computing environment. **That's three levels of -abstraction more than a native Julia program experiences**, so some delay is to -be expected! +a virtual register machine running in the Julia numerical computing +environment. **That's four levels of abstraction more than a native Julia +program experiences**, so some delay is to be expected! For instance, the following example from SICP defines and demonstrates a recursive list append procedure: