Correct spelling of Earley

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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ another clever idea: using table-driven semantics routines, using
format specifiers.
The last mention of a release of SPARK from John is around 2002. As
released, although the Early Algorithm parser was in good shape, this
released, although the Earley Algorithm parser was in good shape, this
code was woefully lacking as serious Python deparser.
In the fall of 2000, Hartmut Goebel
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ Hartmut a decade an a half ago:
NB. This is not a masterpiece of software, but became more like a hack.
Probably a complete rewrite would be sensefull. hG/2000-12-27
This project deparses using an Early-algorithm parse with lots of
This project deparses using an Earley-algorithm parse with lots of
massaging of tokens and the grammar in the scanner
phase. Early-algorithm parsers are context free and tend to be linear
phase. Earley-algorithm parsers are context free and tend to be linear
if the grammar is LR or left recursive.
Another approach that doesn't use grammars is to do something like