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 =over 4
 
-=item* C Compiler
+=item * C Compiler
 
 Parrot can be built with a number of C compilers. Parrot is written using the
 C89 standard, and the Parrot project officially supports the most recent
 C89 compiler on major systems, including the most recent versions of Microsoft
 C Compiler and the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
 
-=item* make
+=item * make
 
 Make is a program to manage and automate the build process. Unix-based systems
 will typically have access to the C<make> command as part of the normal
 development tools. Windows systems can get the C<nmake> utility to perform the
 same task.
 
-=item* Subversion
+=item * Subversion
 
 Subversion is the source control system that is used by the Parrot project.
 You need subversion to checkout the latest version of the source code. You can
 get subversion at L<http://subversion.tigris.org>, or through one of the
 common packaging systems.
 
-=item* bison and flex
+=item * bison and flex
 
 Bison and Flex are used to create the lexical analyzer and parser components
 for the PIR compilers IMCC and PIRC. These are not necessary most of the time
 unless you are planning to hack on IMCC and PIRC directly.
 
-=item* ICU
+=item * ICU
 
 ICU is a library for handling and manipulating Unicode text strings. Without
 ICU libraries installed, you wont be able to use Unicode with your built
 Parrot.
 
-=item* GMP
+=item * GMP
 
 GMP is a mathematics library for manipulating arbitrary precision and
 arbitrary size numbers. GMP is an optional library used by the BigInt
 and BigNum PMCs.
 
-=item* Readline
+=item * Readline
 
 The readline library allows some advanced behaviors on the command line such
 as command history.
 
-=item* PCRE
+=item * PCRE
 
 PCRE is a library that provides access to the Perl 5 regular expression syntax.
 In order to use these regular expressions, you will want to install PCRE. To
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@
 
   sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev
 
-=item* GDBM
+=item * GDBM
 
-=item* PQ
+=item * PQ
 
-=item* GLUT
+=item * GLUT
 
 GLUT is an interface to the OpenGL API. It enables programs running on Parrot
 to have access to 3D graphics. To get GLUT on Linux systems you can use the
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 The two calls are equivalent, and the C<read> opcode calls the C<'read'()>
 method internally.
 
-=item C<$P0.'readline'()
+=item C<$P0.'readline'()>
 
 Reads an entire line (up to a newline character or EOF) from the filehandle.