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 ## Functionality
 
 There are only 2 libraries currently:
-1) ufn_arena: An arena allocator for optimization of string processing.
+1) ufn_arena: An arena allocator for optimizing string processing.
 2) ufn_round: Functions for rounding to the next multiple of some number
    or to the next power of 2. Currently only floor()'s and ceil()'s to those.