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@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 @cindex language, PSPP
 @cindex PSPP, language
 
-@note{PSPP is not even close to completion.
-Only a few statistical procedures are implemented.  PSPP
-is a work in progress.}
-
 This chapter discusses elements common to many PSPP commands.
 Later chapters will describe individual commands in detail.
 
@@ -212,9 +208,9 @@ new command, which allows for visual indentation of a command without
 that command being considered part of the previous command. 
 The period terminating the end of a command is optional but recommended.
 
-In interactive mode, each command must  either be terminated with a period,
-or an empty line must follow the command.
-The use of (@samp{+} and @samp{@minus{}} as continuation characters is not
+In interactive mode, each command must be terminated with a period
+or by a blank line.
+The use of @samp{+} and @samp{@minus{}} as continuation characters is not
 permitted.
 
 @node Types of Commands
@@ -379,9 +375,7 @@ spaces.
 Variables, whether numeric or string, can have designated
 @dfn{user-missing values}.  Every user-missing value is an actual value
 for that variable.  However, most of the time user-missing values are
-treated in the same way as the system-missing value.  String variables
-that are wider than a certain width, usually 8 characters (depending on
-computer architecture), cannot have user-missing values.
+treated in the same way as the system-missing value.
 
 For more information on missing values, see the following sections:
 @ref{Variables}, @ref{MISSING VALUES}, @ref{Expressions}.  See also the