//
// Global variables are constant pointers that refer to hunks of space that are
// allocated by either the VM, or by the linker in a static compiler. A global
-// variable may have an intial value, which is copied into the executables .data
+// variable may have an initial value, which is copied into the executables .data
// area. Global Constants are required to have initializers.
//
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