add note about TZ environment variable in Cygwin, fix typos in release notes

original commit: 20cad4ed4091b4b4d55f1857894cf56d35e1e59f
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Bob Burger 2016-06-17 14:33:28 -04:00
parent f4b03df12e
commit 9e92d0ce21
2 changed files with 7 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -208,4 +208,8 @@ https://github.com/win-iconv/win-iconv
If the DLL is not present, the iconv tests will fail. No other tests
should be affected.
Unset the TZ environment variable before running the tests, because
the Cygwin values are incompatible with the Microsoft C Runtime
Library.
Use 'make test' described above to run the tests.

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@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ This can be configured only by instructions executed in kernel mode.
\textbf{procedure:} \scheme{(#%$read-time-stamp-counter)}
This procedure returns the current value of the time-stamp counter for
the CPU core executing this code.
the processor core executing this code.
A general protection fault, which manifests as an invalid memory
reference exception, results if this operation is not permitted by
the operating system.
@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ extra memory required for managing heap storage and increased the
likelihood that memory can be returned to the O/S as the heap
shrinks.
Returning memory to the O/S is now faster, so the minimum time for
for a maximum-generation collection, or any other collection where
a maximum-generation collection, or any other collection where
release of memory to the O/S is enabled, has been cut.
\subsection{Faster library load times (9.3.1)}
@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ loaded.
The source optimizer now maintains information about partially static
record instances to eliminate field accesses and type checks when a
binding site for a record instances is visible to the access or checking
binding site for a record instance is visible to the access or checking
code.
For example,