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 ## Building
 
-Spark requires Scala 2.9.2. This version has been tested with 2.9.2.final.
-
-The project is built using Simple Build Tool (SBT), which is packaged with it.
-To build Spark and its example programs, run:
+Spark requires Scala 2.9.2. The project is built using Simple Build Tool (SBT),
+which is packaged with it. To build Spark and its example programs, run:
 
     sbt/sbt compile