--- a/progs/bf/bfc0.sc	Mon Jul 27 11:02:48 2020 +0100
+++ b/progs/bf/bfc0.sc	Thu Jul 30 13:50:54 2020 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 //
 //
 // Note: An interesting exercise is to call
-// gcc with -O3 instead of -O0 
+// gcc with -O3 instead of -O0 (see invocation
+// below).
+
 
 // simple instructions
 def instr(c: Char) : String = c match {
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@
 def instrs(prog: String) : String =
   prog.toList.map(instr(_)).mkString
 
-// adding the boilerplate
+// adding boilerplate
 def compile(prog: String) : String = 
   s"""#include <string.h> 
       #include <stdio.h> 
@@ -36,16 +38,17 @@
       ${instrs(prog)} 
       return 0;}"""
 
-def compile_file(name: String, prog: String) = 
+
+def compile_to_file(name: String, prog: String) = 
   os.write.over(os.pwd / name, compile(prog))
 
 
 // running the c-compiler over the transpiled
 // BF program and running the resulting binary
 
-def compile_run(prog: String) = {
+def compile_and_run(prog: String) = {
   val tn = "tmp"
-  compile_file(s"${tn}.c", prog)
+  compile_to_file(s"${tn}.c", prog)
   os.proc("gcc", "-O0", "-o", tn, s"${tn}.c").call() // call gcc
   os.proc("./tmp").call(stdout = os.Inherit)         // run binary
 }
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@
 @main
 def main(fname: String) = {
   val bf_str = os.read(os.pwd / fname)
-  println(s"${time_needed(1, compile_run(bf_str))} secs")
+  println(s"${time_needed(1, compile_and_run(bf_str))} secs")
 }