--- a/handouts/pep-ho.tex	Sun Nov 16 12:26:31 2025 +0000
+++ b/handouts/pep-ho.tex	Thu Nov 27 18:24:07 2025 +0000
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@
 \subsection*{Introduction}
 
 \noindent
-Scala is a programming language that combines functional and
+I am happy to show you the Scala programming language during the next 
+five weeks. Scala is a programming language that combines functional and
 object-oriented programming-styles. It has received quite a bit of
 attention in the last ten or so years. One reason for this attention is
 that, like the Java programming language, Scala compiles to the Java