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 OpenLibm is an effort to have a high quality, portable, standalone
 C mathematical library ([`libm`](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/libm)).
-It can be used standalone in applications
-and programming language implementations. 
+It can be used standalone in applications and programming language
+implementations. 
 
-The project was born out of a need to have a good `libm`
-for the [Julia programming langage](http://www.julialang.org)
-that worked consistently across compilers and operating systems,
-and in 32-bit and 64-bit environments.
+The project was born out of a need to have a good `libm` for the
+[Julia programming langage](http://www.julialang.org) that worked
+consistently across compilers and operating systems, and in 32-bit and
+64-bit environments.
 
 ### History
 
-The OpenLibm code derives from the
-[FreeBSD msun](http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/lib/msun/) implementation,
-which in turn derives from [FDLIBM 5.3](http://www.netlib.org/fdlibm/).
-As a result, it includes a number of fixes and updates to FDLIBM
-that have accumulated over the years in `msun`,
-and optimized versions of many functions.
+The OpenLibm code derives from the [FreeBSD
+msun](http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/lib/msun/) implementation,
+which in turn derives from [FDLIBM
+5.3](http://www.netlib.org/fdlibm/). As a result, it includes a number
+of fixes and updates to FDLIBM that have accumulated over the years in
+`msun`, and optimized versions of many functions.
 
 ### Platform support
 
-OpenLibm builds on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows,
-and with little effort, should build on FreeBSD as well.
-It builds with both GCC and clang.
-Although largely tested on x86,
-it also includes experimental support for ARM.
-The original `msun` also includes support for
-mips, sparc64, powerpc, ia64, and alpha.
-These are present in the OpenLibm source tree,
-but no attempt has been made to build any of these.
+OpenLibm builds on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, and with little
+effort, should build on FreeBSD as well. It builds with both GCC and
+clang. Although largely tested on x86, it also includes experimental
+support for ARM. The original `msun` also includes support for mips,
+sparc64, powerpc, ia64, and alpha. These are present in the OpenLibm
+source tree, but no attempt has been made to build any of these.
 
 ### Build instructions
 
-1. `make` or `make USEGCC=1` to build with GCC.
-   This is the default on Linux and Windows.  
-2. `make USECLANG=1` to build with clang.
-   This is the default on OS X.
+1. `make` or `make USEGCC=1` to build with GCC. This is the default on
+   Linux and Windows.  
+2. `make USECLANG=1` to build with clang. This is the default on OS X.