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   <sect1>
     <title>Purpose</title>
     <para> This reference guide describes
-      &uffi;, a Lisp package that provides persistent cross-implementation
-      support of C-language compatible libraries.
+      &uffi;, a package that provides a cross-implementation
+      interface from Common Lisp to C-language compatible libraries.
     </para>
   </sect1>
 
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     <para>
       Every Common Lisp implementation has
       a method for interfacing to C-language compatible
-      libraries. Unfortunately, these method vary widely amongst
-      implementations. Currently, to support multiple implementations,
-      developers must write a different interface library for each Common
-      Lisp implementation.
+      libraries. These methods are often termed a 
+      <emphasis>Foreign Function Library Interface</emphasis>
+      (&ffi;). Unfortunately, these methods vary widely
+      amongst
+      implementations, thus preventing the writing of a portable FFI to a 
+particular C-library. 
     </para>
     <para>
       &uffi; gathers a common subset of functionality between Common Lisp