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 Haskell parser, evaluator and type checker for the Nix language.
 
 ## Prerequisites
-Until `hnix-store` is ready, `nix-store` is still used for interacting with store paths, so HNix still requires Nix to be installed and available through `$PATH`.
+Until `hnix-store` is ready, `nix-store` is still used for interacting with the store paths, so Nix is still required installed and available through `$PATH`.
 
 ## Getting Started