From d5e886fa84b9f2418b85d237855f599865fc6107 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Deldycke Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 01:16:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Typos. --- README.md | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 41d27a3..9630c44 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ A curated list of awesome falsehoods programmers believe in. ## Foreword *Falsehood* articles are a form of commentary on a particular subject, and are -appreciated by the developper community at large for their effectiveness and +appreciated by the developer community at large for their effectiveness and density. They're a convenient written form to approach an unfamiliar domain by dispelling myths, point out common pitfalls, show inconsistencies and -subtilities. +subtleties. They might looks like to some as a suite of wordy unit-tests covering extensive edge-cases provided by real-world usage. @@ -23,19 +23,19 @@ Articles following the *falsehood* scheme are prime candidates for inclusion in this awesome list. These articles starts with the hypothesis that developers have a naive, simple -view of the subject at hand. Then procceed to list a set of candid assumptions -that might be held by such programmers. Each one is intentionnaly false, and +view of the subject at hand. Then proceed to list a set of candid assumptions +that might be held by such programmers. Each one is intentionally false, and sometimes illustrated by a counter-example. A list of falsehood is crafted as a progression that is designed to refine -concepts. Having read the whole list of falsehood, the reader should pocssess a -global, if not complete, overview of the domain being targetted by the article, +concepts. Having read the whole list of falsehood, the reader should possess a +global, if not complete, overview of the domain being targeted by the article, including most, if not all, its pitfalls, edges-cases and inconsistencies. ### Library When possible, we provide a list of programming libraries or modules that may -solve, or try to, the complexities and idiosyncracies pointed by the +solve, or try to, the complexities and idiosyncrasies pointed by the *falsehood* articles above. ### Data structures @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ falsehoods are also welcome in this page. - [Falsehoods programmers believe about time](http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time) - Seminal article on dates and time. - [More falsehoods programmers believe about time](http://infiniteundo.com/post/25509354022/more-falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time) - Part. 2 of the article above. -- [Falsehoods programmers believe about time and time zones](http://www.creativedeletion.com/2015/01/28/falsehoods-programmers-date-time-zones.html) - Another takes on time-related falshoods, with an emphasis on time zones. +- [Falsehoods programmers believe about time and time zones](http://www.creativedeletion.com/2015/01/28/falsehoods-programmers-date-time-zones.html) - Another takes on time-related falsehoods, with an emphasis on time zones. - [Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time](https://gist.github.com/thanatos/eee17100476a336a711e) - A critique of the first article with a very detailed explanation of each falsehood, adding more context and external resource to the subject. @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ falsehoods are also welcome in this page. - [Falsehoods programmers believe about versions](https://github.com/xenoterracide/falsehoods/blob/master/versions.md) -## Lisense +## License Content of this repository is licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause License](LICENSE.md).