From 47c2db531c0e18c25ef3d4261346de0294100cf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Okay Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:00:43 -0500 Subject: readme update --- README.org | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.org b/README.org index 45a0bcd..5cafe49 100644 --- a/README.org +++ b/README.org @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ *completely optional* naming conventions that =parzival= adopts. 1. Names beginning and ending in a =<= are *parsers*. - 2. Names that begin with =<<= are *parser-combinators*, i.e. functions that - accept and return parsers. + 2. Names that begin with =<<= are *higher-order functions* that accept + or return parsers. #+begin_src lisp @@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ PARZIVAL-USER> T #+end_src -In the last example the string ="foozball"= is not a real, so the -parse fails, resultin in nil. You can examine the third return value -to see where in the input stream the parse failed. +In the last example the string ="foozball"= does not represent a real +number, and hence, the parse fails. You can examine the third return +value to see where in the input stream the parse failed. ** An Extended Silly Example @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ PARZIVAL-NUMBERS> (ta-dah) -*** the code +*** The Code #+BEGIN_SRC lisp -- cgit v1.2.3