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   this not been done before?}. Using a functional language for describing hardware
   is not a new idea at all. In fact, there has been research into functional
   hardware description even before the conventional hardware description
-  languages were created. Examples of these are µFP \cite[sheeran83] and
+  languages were created. Examples of these are µFP \cite[sheeran83]\ and
   Ruby \cite[jones90]. Functional languages were not nearly as advanced
   as they are now, and functional hardware description never really got
   off. 
 
   Recently, there have been some renewed efforts, especially using the
-  Haskell functional language. Examples are Lava \cite[claessen00] (an
-  \small{EDSL}) and ForSyde \cite[sander04] (an \small{EDSL} using
-  Template Haskell). \cite[baaij09] has a more complete overview of the
+  Haskell functional language. Examples are Lava \cite[claessen00]\ (an
+  \small{EDSL}) and ForSyde \cite[sander04]\ (an \small{EDSL} using
+  Template Haskell). \cite[baaij09]\ has a more complete overview of the
   current field.
 
   We will now have a look at the existing hardware description languages,
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@
       simplify program verification.
     \stopitemize
   
+  \section[sec:context:fhdls]{Existing functional hardware description languages}
+    As noted above, this path has been explored before. However, current
+    embedded functional hardware description languages (in particular
+    those using Haskell) are limited. Below a number of downsides are
+    sketched of the recent attempts using the Haskell language.
+    \cite[baaij09]\ has a more complete overview of these and other
+    languages.
+    
+    This list uses Lava and ForSyDe as examples, but tries to generalize
+    the conclusions to the techniques of embedding a \small{DSL} and
+    using Template Haskell.
+
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       \defref{Template Haskell}
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-      Template Haskell is an extension to the \GHC compiler that allows
+      Template Haskell is an extension to the \GHC\ compiler that allows
       a program to mark some parts to be evaluated \emph{at compile
       time}. These \emph{templates} can then access the abstract syntax
       tree (\small{AST}) of the program that is being compiled and
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       \stopframedtext
     }
 
-  \section[sec:context:fhdls]{Existing functional hardware description languages}
-    As noted above, this path has been explored before. However, current
-    embedded functional hardware description languages (in particular
-    those using Haskell) are limited. Below a number of downsides are
-    sketched of the recent attempts using the Haskell language.
-    \cite[baaij09] has a more complete overview of these and other
-    languages.
-    
-    This list uses Lava and ForSyDe as examples, but tries to generalize
-    the conclusions to the techniques of embedding a \small{DSL} and
-    using Template Haskell.
-
     \startitemize
       \item Not all of Haskell's constructs can be captured by embedded domain
       specific languages. For example, an \hs{if} or \hs{case}
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
       with an \small{EDSL} approach, it can get confusing when to use
       \small{TH} and when not to.
       \item Function hierarchies cannot be observed in an \small{EDSL}.
-      For example, Lava generates a single flat \VHDL architecture,
+      For example, Lava generates a single flat \VHDL\ architecture,
       which has no structure whatsoever. Even though this is strictly
       correct, it offers no support to the synthesis software about
       which parts of the system can best be placed together and makes