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 Initially developed by Daan Leijen for the run-time systems of the
 [Koka](https://github.com/koka-lang/koka) and [Lean](https://github.com/leanprover/lean) languages.
 
-Latest release:`v1.7.0` (2020-01-31).
+Latest release tag: `v1.7.0` (2020-01-31).
 
 It is a drop-in replacement for `malloc` and can be used in other programs
 without code changes, for example, on dynamically linked ELF-based systems (Linux, BSD, etc.) you can use it as: