More meta( |-) eliminated refs #3024

Author: JJ

doc/Language/objects.pod6

@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ provide that method, the method of that name in one of the parent classes is
 invoked instead, if it exists. The order in which parent classes are
 consulted is called the I<method resolution order> (MRO). Perl 6 uses the
 L<C3 method resolution order|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C3_linearization>.
-You can ask a type for its MRO through a call to its meta class:
+You can ask a type for its MRO through a call to its metaclass:
 
 =for code
 say List.^mro;      # ((List) (Cool) (Any) (Mu))
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ then C<X::Ouch> will inherit directly from Exception, as we can see above
 by listing its parents.
 
 As they do not use what can properly be called inheritance, roles are not part
-of the class hierarchy. Roles are listed with the C<.^roles> meta-method
+of the class hierarchy. Roles are listed with the C<.^roles> metamethod
 instead, which uses C<transitive> as flag for including all levels or just the
 first one. Despite this, a class or instance may still be tested with
 smartmatches or type constraints to see if it does a role.
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ say Point.dimensions;              # OUTPUT «2␤»
 We call this automatic creation of classes I<punning>, and the generated class
 a I<pun>.
 
-Punning is not caused by most L<meta-programming|/language/mop> constructs,
+Punning is not caused by most L<metaprogramming|/language/mop> constructs,
 however, as those are sometimes used to work directly with roles.
 
 X<|Parameterized Roles>
@@ -1137,35 +1137,33 @@ say %seen<not-there>.defined;  # OUTPUT: «True␤» (0 may be False but is well
 say Int.new(%seen<not-there>); # OUTPUT: «0␤»
 =end code
 
-=head1 Meta-object programming and introspection
+=head1 Metaobject programming and introspection
 
-Perl 6 has a meta object system, which means that the behavior of objects,
+Perl 6 has a metaobject system, which means that the behavior of objects,
 classes, roles, grammars, enums, etc. are themselves controlled by other
-objects; those objects are called I<meta objects>. Meta objects are, like
-ordinary objects, instances of classes, in this case we call them I<meta
-classes>.
+objects; those objects are called I<metaobjects>. Metaobjects are, like
+ordinary objects, instances of classes, in this case we call them I<metaclasses>.
 
-For each object or class you can get the meta object by calling C<.HOW> on it.
+For each object or class you can get the metaobject by calling C<.HOW> on it.
 Note that although this looks like a method call, it works more like a macro.
 
-So, what can you do with the meta object? For one you can check if two
-objects have the same meta class by comparing them for equality:
+So, what can you do with the metaobject? For one you can check if two
+objects have the same metaclass by comparing them for equality:
 
 =begin code
 say 1.HOW ===   2.HOW;      # OUTPUT: «True␤»
 say 1.HOW === Int.HOW;      # OUTPUT: «True␤»
 say 1.HOW === Num.HOW;      # OUTPUT: «False␤»
 =end code
 
-Perl 6 uses the word I<HOW> (Higher Order Workings) to refer to the meta
-object system. Thus it should be no surprise that in Rakudo, the class name
-of the meta class that controls class behavior is called
-C<Perl6::Metamodel::ClassHOW>. For each class there is one instance of
-C<Perl6::Metamodel::ClassHOW>.
+Perl 6 uses the word I<HOW> (Higher Order Workings) to refer to the metaobject
+system. Thus it should be no surprise that in Rakudo, the class name of the
+metaclass that controls class behavior is called C<Perl6::Metamodel::ClassHOW>.
+For each class there is one instance of C<Perl6::Metamodel::ClassHOW>.
 
-But of course the meta model does much more for you. For example, it allows
+But of course the metamodel does much more for you. For example, it allows
 you to introspect objects and classes. The calling convention for methods on
-meta objects is to call the method on the meta object and pass in the object
+metaobjects is to call the method on the metaobject and pass in the object
 of interest as first argument to the object. So to get the name of the class
 of an object, you could write:
 
@@ -1179,7 +1177,7 @@ say 1.HOW.name(1);                  # OUTPUT: «Int␤»
 =end code
 
 (The motivation is that Perl 6 also wants to allow a more prototype-based
-object system, where it's not necessary to create a new meta object for
+object system, where it's not necessary to create a new metaobject for
 every type).
 
 There's a shortcut to keep from using the same object twice:
@@ -1190,9 +1188,9 @@ say 1.^name;                        # OUTPUT: «Int␤»
 say 1.HOW.name(1);                  # OUTPUT: «Int␤»
 =end code
 
-See L<Metamodel::ClassHOW|/type/Metamodel::ClassHOW> for documentation on
-the meta class of C<class> and also the L<general documentation on the meta
-object protocol|/language/mop>.
+See L<Metamodel::ClassHOW|/type/Metamodel::ClassHOW> for documentation on the
+metaclass of C<class> and also the L<general documentation on the metaobject
+protocol|/language/mop>.
 
 =end pod