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@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ contributors:
- ["Nami-Doc", "http://github.com/Nami-Doc"]
---
-Perl 6 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language made for the
-upcoming hundred years.
+Perl 6 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language made for at
+least the next hundred years.
-Perl 6 runs on [the MoarVM](http://moarvm.com) and the JVM.
+The primary Perl 6 compiler is called [Rakudo](http://rakudo.org), which runs on
+the JVM and [the MoarVM](http://moarvm.com) and
+[prior to March 2015](http://pmthium.com/2015/02/suspending-rakudo-parrot/),
+[the Parrot VM](http://parrot.org/).
Meta-note : the triple pound signs are here to denote headlines,
double paragraphs, and single notes.
@@ -1041,7 +1044,7 @@ postcircumfix:<{ }>(%h, $key, :delete); # (you can call operators like that)
# *everything* -- with great power comes great responsibility)
## Meta operators !
-# Oh boy, get ready. Get ready, because we're dwelving deep
+# Oh boy, get ready. Get ready, because we're delving deep
# into the rabbit's hole, and you probably won't want to go
# back to other languages after reading that.
# (I'm guessing you don't want to already at that point).