Fix some typos in boot.dst

src/compiler/boot.dst

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
  [])
 
 (defmacro if-not
- "Sorthand for (if (not ... "
+ "Shorthand for (if (not ... "
  [condition exp-1 exp-2]
  (tuple 'if condition exp-2 exp-1))
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
  (tuple 'if condition (tuple-prepend body 'do)))
 
 (defmacro when-not
- "Sorthand for (when (not ... "
+ "Shorthand for (when (not ... "
   [condition & body]
   (tuple 'if condition nil (tuple-prepend body 'do)))
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ evaluates to true."
   (aux 0))
 
 (defmacro default
- "Suplies a default argument when a value is nil."
+ "Supplies a default argument when a value is nil."
  [sym default-value]
  (tuple 'def sym (tuple 'or sym default-value)))
 
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ Returns nil if args is empty."
   sa))
 
 (defn reduce
- "Reduce, also know as foldleft in many languages, transforms
+ "Reduce, also know as fold-left in many languages, transforms
 an indexed type (array, tuple) with a function to produce a value."
  [f init ind]
  (var res init)
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ the same type as the input sequence."
 
 (defn mapcat
  "Map a function over every element in an array or tuple and 
-use array concat to concatentae the results. Returns the same
+use array to concatenate the results. Returns the same
 type as the input sequence."
  [f ind t]
  (def res @[])
@@ -442,15 +442,15 @@ which (pred element) is truthy. Returns the same type as the input sequence."
  (if going nil i))
 
 (defn find
- "Find the first value in an indexed collection that satsifies a predicate. Returns
+ "Find the first value in an indexed collection that satisfies a predicate. Returns
  nil if not found. Note their is no way to differentiate a nil from the indexed collection
  and a not found. Consider find-index if this is an issue."
  [pred ind]
  (get ind (find-index pred ind)))
 
 (defn take-until
- "Given a predicate, take only elements from an indexed type that satsify
-the predicate, and abort on first failiure. Returns a new indexed type that is
+ "Given a predicate, take only elements from an indexed type that satisfy
+the predicate, and abort on first failure. Returns a new indexed type that is
 the same type as the input."
  [pred ind t]
  (def i (find-index pred ind))
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ the same type as the input."
  (take-until (complement pred) ind t))
 
 (defn drop-until
- "Given a predicate, remove elements from an indexed type that satsify
-the predicate, and abort on first failiure."
+ "Given a predicate, remove elements from an indexed type that satisfy
+the predicate, and abort on first failure."
  [pred ind t]
  (def i (find-index pred ind))
  (if (= :tuple (type (or t ind)))
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ in the same manner, and so on. Useful for expressing pipelines of data."
   (put coll a-key (apply a-function old-value args)))
 
 (defn merge
-  "Merges mutliple tables/structs to one. If a key appears in more than one
+  "Merges multiple tables/structs to one. If a key appears in more than one
    collection, then later values replace any previous ones.
    The type of the first collection determines the type of the resulting
    collection"
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ network connection, etc. onvalue and onerr are callbacks that are
 invoked when a result is returned and when an error is produced,
 respectively.
 
-This function can be used to implemement a repl very easily, simply
+This function can be used to implement a repl very easily, simply
 pass a function that reads line from stdin to chunks, and print to
 onvalue."
  [env chunks onvalue onerr]
@@ -954,8 +954,8 @@ onvalue."
  (apply tuple import* '_env path args))
 
 (defn repl [getchunk]
- "Run a repl. The first paramets is an optional function to call to
-get a chunk of soure code. Should return nil for end of file."
+ "Run a repl. The first parameter is an optional function to call to
+get a chunk of source code. Should return nil for end of file."
  (def newenv (make-env))
  (defn chunks [buf]
     (file-write stdout "> ")