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 * [`manual_check_slower_than_Qed`](https://gitlab.epfl.ch/baty1/fourriere/-/blob/master/examples/manual_check_slower_than_Qed.v)
   : `Qed` is more efficient at typechecking than `Definition` or `Check`.
 * [`memoization`](https://gitlab.epfl.ch/baty1/fourriere/-/blob/master/examples/memoization.v)
-  : `vm_compute` memoizes the value of constants.
+  : `vm_compute` memoizes constants.
 * [`names`](https://gitlab.epfl.ch/baty1/fourriere/-/blob/master/examples/names.v)
   : non-breaking spaces can be used in identifiers for some reason.
 * [`name_checking_halfway`](https://gitlab.epfl.ch/baty1/fourriere/-/blob/master/examples/name_checking_halfway.v)
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 * [`nonlinear_computation`](https://gitlab.epfl.ch/baty1/fourriere/-/blob/master/examples/nonlinear_computation.v)
   : twice as much work can take more than twice as much time.
 * [`now_is_not_reflexivity`](https://gitlab.epfl.ch/baty1/fourriere/-/blob/master/examples/now_is_not_reflexivity.v)
-  : easy is slower than reflexivity, and `now` uses `easy`.
+  : easy tends to be slower than reflexivity, and `now` uses `easy`.
 * [`simpl_vs_cbn`](https://gitlab.epfl.ch/baty1/fourriere/-/blob/master/examples/simpl_vs_cbn.v)
   : `simpl` doesn't like deep nestings.
 * [`time_lies`](https://gitlab.epfl.ch/baty1/fourriere/-/blob/master/examples/time_lies.v)
   : take `Time`'s output with a pinch of salt.
 * [`unfolding_and_traces`](https://gitlab.epfl.ch/baty1/fourriere/-/blob/master/examples/unfolding_and_traces.v)
-  : `unfold` and `intro` don't commute!
+  : `unfold` and `intro` don't commute.