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Abstract Make an "informative abstract" as described here: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/abstracts/ Introduction Careful with the word "only" written text. In spoken text, the speaker disambiguates, but that's not possible in written text. So when you write "and normally only runs software that has been licensed...", in written text that means that it "only RUNS sofware..." and it doesn't also (say) "TRANSFORMS sofware..." Change it to "and normally runs only software that has been licensed...". Explain what SDK means, or better, don't abbreviate. "they only distribute under" -> "they distribute only under" "is only directly suitable for" -> "is directly suitable only for" "This contrasts" Try to avoid words like "this" or "that" without a following noun phrase. If you can't think of a noun phrase, the reader won't understand that the word is referring to. Replace with "This implementation technique contrasts' "we discuss the intricacies of this" Provide a noun phrase after "this". "signalling" This is UK spelling, and you use US spelling elsewhere. It is best to be consistent. Related work "the NX' operating system" I recommend avoiding the use of the genetive 's for non-proper nouns. Though NX is of course a proper noun, but I would still treat it as non-proper here, because of how it is composed. Rewriting with "of" also has the advantage of introducing the important word first. Replace with "the operating system of the NX". Build system "in the Introduction" -> "as in the introduction" (lower-case I) Emphasize that the build steps are those of Rhodes' article. Or if that's not the case, explain why some steps are empty. "contrib" -> "contribution", and put "fasteval" in italics or surround it with double quotes to indicate that it's a name. "initialise" This is UK spelling and you use US spelling elsewhere. "the details of this" Provide a noun phrase. "the SDK is only available for Windows" -> "the SDK is available only for Windows" "to accommodate this" Provide a noun phrase. Garbage collection "the safepoint mechanism only requires that" -> "the safepoint mechanism requires only that" "onto a thread-local page informing" -> (add comma) "onto a thread-local page, informing" "intra-thread communication between ..." Are you sure it is "intra" when it is between threads? "virtual memory tricks" -> "virtual-memory tricks" You don't want the tricks to be virtual. Conclusions "similar enough to the target platform we can compile" -> (insert comma) "similar enough to the target platform, we can compile" Further work "Currently we rely" -> "Currently, we rely" (add comma) Emphasize that "fasteval" is a name. "is only compiled on first call" -> "is compiled only on first call" You may want to look into my paper "Resolving Metastability Issues During Bootstrapping". It talks about a technique that I call "satiation" that fills a generic function and computes its discriminating function before the first call.