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diff --git a/last/toby/docs/changelog.txt b/last/toby/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ What's new in Toby alpha5:
   At the same time, it's also much more flexible, which means sooner or later
   more languages will get plugged into this project. An honest-to-God LOGO
   implementation comes to mind, but other things like scientific modelling
-  languages and such should not be ruled out, either. Please see TUD.txt for
-  info on what's better about the new engine.
+  languages and such should not be ruled out, either.
 - TurtleSpace has become an interface, which is implemented by a
   JComponent-based widget. This abstraction will, eventually, allow us to
   create a Spotlet (Java UI on the Palm Pilot) version of Toby.
@@ -53,6 +52,9 @@ What's new in Toby alpha5:
 - Fixes to the Swing code.
 - SaneTokenizer now handles pushBack() better.
 - Much, much more.
+...basically, this was a almost complete rewrite; every subsystem was looked
+at, and reevaluated. There is still more to be done.
+
 
 What's new in Toby alpha4:
 - Lots of bug fixes and code improvements.

diff --git a/last/toby/docs/thanks.txt b/last/toby/docs/thanks.txt
@@ -10,18 +10,18 @@ At this point, TOBY has been entirely written, and maintained by
   and being a bizarre sort of soul mate. Get yer slack on.
 - Sabrina Blanks, April Andrews, and Nicki Publick for being unwitting test
   subjects for Toby.
-- Loren Osborne, for conversation on implementation.
+- Loren Osborne, for many hours of debate and discussion of implementation.
 - Michael Roessler, who managed to sleep through the noise of my clicky
   keyboard on many consecutive nights of hacking.
 - The journal list gang, for listening to Ryan ramble about his life.
-- Rob Spidle, for battling ninjas.
+- Robert Spidle, for battling ninjas.
 - The "Dragon book" for parsing concepts. Friggin' trees, man.
 - Mr. Mullen and Mrs. Kelly, for putting me up to the original project.
 - Karie Publick, for the naming the program, in a roundabout way.
 - Mrs. Strohm, for many things I never knew I'd be thanking her for later.
 - YOUcentric, for proof that Java doesn't necessarily suck.
 - Bernd Kreimeier, for thoughts on efficiency of the instanceof operator.
-- The BBTG crew, for being my OTHER creative outlet.
+- linux.com, for being my OTHER creative outlet.
 - Ani Difranco, Phish, Soul Coughing, Soul Miner's Daughter, Beastie Boys,
   AMG, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers for providing the Soundtrack for da Hack.
 - Loki Entertainment Software, for paying my bills.

diff --git a/last/toby/docs/todo.txt b/last/toby/docs/todo.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 // Things still to be done for TOBY...
 
 ongoing bugfixes/enhancements :
+    GLOBAL REFERENCING IS FUCKED.
+
+
     TobyMenuBar.java : Need to not hardcode TobyParser...
     TobyMenuBar.java : Move execution to separate class.
 
+    LogicContext should not have statics.
+
     The statics in LogicContext prevent multiple concurrent interpreters.
 
     swing turtle should be fixed width, not based on screen size.
@@ -92,34 +97,20 @@ ongoing bugfixes/enhancements :
     Alt-hotkey should bring up the menus. A lot of the hotkeys aren't making
      it past the text editor component right now.
 
+    In fact, rip out that cruddy editor widget...
+
     The ultimate ongoing fix are the "!!!" comments. Any comments containing
      '!!!' have been placed there to alert me that there is a bug/deficiency
      in the code that is worth revisiting, but probably isn't crippling. As
      such, they tend to build up. Feel free to fix any of these and submit
      patches to rgordon@xnot.com ...
 
-    Since operators are replaced with static references, make all runtime
-     checks for them use (a soon to be written) searchArrayForReferences(),
-     since they currently search (unnecessarily) with String.equals()...
-
-    Make all identifiers resolve before runtime, so we can replace them
-     with unified references. The more often we can safely replace
-     string1.equals(string2) calls with (string1 == string2) constructs,
-     the faster the interpretation will be. Most of the code already replaces
-     keywords, operators, etc. with references from a static table in
-     TobyInterpreter.
-
     Make inputarea use sane keys...I don't like the Swing defaults. Therefore
      someday I'd like to either replace the Swing component with a homegrown
      prettier/more functional textarea, or make some sort of customizer;
      config file or whatnot. Mostly, I'd like SHIFT-DELETE and SHIFT-INSERT
      to cut and paste.  :) Other enhancements welcome.
 
-    Unify error displaying interface between parsing and running...They both
-     result from the catching of TobyParseExceptions, but are caught and
-     handled in completely separate places and ways. (This is fixed in the
-     "unstable" tree.)
-
     Functions can specify a return type and then return nothing. This should
      be considered a bug. (Java and C consider it a feature, and it is, but
      it confuses beginning programmers.)
@@ -135,12 +126,6 @@ ongoing bugfixes/enhancements :
     Maximize window instead of sizing to screen width and height: is there a
      way to do this in Swing?
 
-    Move copyImage code from TobyInterpreter into TurtleSpace.
-
-    TriangleTurtle still looks wrong. Check math. Center line isn't drawing
-     correctly...could be symptom of bug in TobyGeometry.calculateLine(), or
-     TriangleTurtle.calcTriangle()...I'm voting for the latter.
-
     Move parse and execution time report code to more user-friendly output.
      Right now it just dumps to stdout. I'd like it to go to
      EditorInformationDisplay or something.
@@ -174,7 +159,7 @@ alpha4 : completed.
 alpha5 : in progress.
     Fully separate parser and interpreter.  (COMPLETED)
     Separate interpreter and TurtleSpace.   (COMPLETED)
-    Complete dynamic language support.
+    Rewrite interpreter to use parse trees. (COMPLETED)
     Split this thing up into packages.      (COMPLETED)
     Abstract TurtleSpace into interface.    (COMPLETED)