Shorten a few ~80+ column descriptions

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Signed-off-by: Brad Chamberlain <[email protected]>

Author: bradcray

CHANGES.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Prerequisite Updates
   (see https://chapel-lang.org/docs/2.1/usingchapel/prereqs.html#readme-prereqs)
 * updated the Python package versions used by `chpldoc`  
   (see `$CHPL_HOME/third-party/chpl-venv/chpldoc-requirements*.txt` for details)
-* added sample installation commands for Ubuntu Noble to the prerequisites doc  
+* added sample installation commands for Ubuntu Noble to the prereqs doc  
   (see https://chapel-lang.org/docs/2.1/usingchapel/prereqs.html#installation)
 
 Syntactic / Naming Changes
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ New Language Features
 
 Language Feature Improvements
 -----------------------------
-* made `in` intent copying behavior for `foreach` loops consistent with `forall`
+* made `in` intent copy behavior for `foreach` loops consistent with `forall`
 * enabled support for assigning between sparse arrays with matching indices  
   (e.g., `mySpsArr = mySpsArr2;` now works if the arrays' domains are equal)
 * extended local vars that persist across calls to support per-locale copies  
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Tool Improvements
     (see https://chapel-lang.org/docs/2.1/tools/chpl-language-server/chpl-language-server.html#using-chplcheck-from-cls)
   - added a `--[no]-show-instantiations` flag to control CLS code lenses  
     (see https://chapel-lang.org/docs/2.1/tools/chpl-language-server/chpl-language-server.html#experimental-resolver-features)
-* improved error messages when Python versions don't match for `chapel-py` tools
+* improved error messages when Python versions don't match in `chapel-py` tools
 * added the Sphinx and chapeldomain versions to `chpldoc --version` output
 * updated `c2chapel` to map `FILE` to `c_FILE`
 * updated script for anonymizing unstable warnings w.r.t. Chapel 2.1 behavior  
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Performance Optimizations / Improvements
   (enable by compiling with `-slocalizeConstDomains=true`)
 * enabled bulk assignment between sparse arrays whose index sets match
 * applied LLVM inlining to reduce overheads for remote data transfers
-* improved the performance of several 'IO' `fileReader` methods like `readAll()`
+* improved performance for several 'IO' `fileReader` methods like `readAll()`
 * improved the performance of `regex.replace*()` methods in the 'Regex' module
 * improved code-generation of `complex` math functions for better performance
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Documentation Improvements
   (see https://chapel-lang.org/docs/2.1/usingchapel/portability.html)
 * refreshed the 'Chapel Quick Reference' document for 2.x versions  
   (see https://chapel-lang.org/docs/2.1/language/reference.html)
-* updated the Quickstart instructions to show commands for setting `CHPL_LLVM`  
+* updated Quickstart instructions to show commands for setting `CHPL_LLVM`  
   (see https://chapel-lang.org/docs/2.1/usingchapel/QUICKSTART.html#using-chapel-in-its-preferred-configuration)
 * added a mention of expected memory requirements for building Chapel  
   (see https://chapel-lang.org/docs/2.1/usingchapel/prereqs.html)
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ Documentation Improvements to the 'man' Pages
 Example Codes
 -------------
 * updated example codes to avoid deprecated `dmapped` clause patterns
-* updated `revcomp-fast.chpl` to reflect `advanceThrough()` thrown error changes
-* fixed an inconsistency in the 'distributions' primer between the docs and code
+* updated `revcomp-fast.chpl` to reflect changes in thrown errors
+* fixed a docs/code inconsistency in the 'distributions' primer
 * added index entries to some primers to aid in documentation search results
 
 Generated Code Improvements
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Portability / Platform-specific Improvements
 Compiler Improvements
 ---------------------
 * updated `chpl` to support LLVM 18
-* improved information generated by `--explain-call` for return intent overloads
+* improved `--explain-call` output in the presence of return intent overloads
 
 Compiler Flags
 --------------
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Launchers
 
 Runtime Library Changes
 -----------------------
-* updated the runtime to use the GASNet-EX API by default for `CHPL_COMM=gasnet`
+* updated runtime to use the GASNet-EX API by default for `CHPL_COMM=gasnet`
 * enabled GASNet's `hwloc` support, using the same copy of `hwloc` as Chapel
 * added support for transparent huge pages with OFI  
   (see https://chapel-lang.org/docs/2.1/platforms/libfabric.html#transparent-hugepages)
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Bug Fixes for Libraries
 
 Bug Fixes for Tools
 -------------------
-* enabled `chplcheck` and `chpl-language-server` to be built without `CHPL_HOME`
+* enabled `chplcheck` and `chpl-language-server` to be built w/out `CHPL_HOME`
 * fixed various visual bugs and crashes in `chpl-language-server`
 * fixed `chapel-py` failing to build with some compilers
 * fixed the `chapel-py` build config to not warn with `CHPL_LLVM=none`
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Developer-oriented changes: 'dyno' Compiler improvements / changes
   - added support for resolving if-variables as non-nilable classes
   - added support for compiler-generated initializers for basic generic types
   - added support for user-provided initializers for generic classes
-  - added support for resolving calls to `this.init()` from other `init` methods
+  - added support for resolving `this.init()` calls from other `init` methods
   - added support for initializers on inheriting, non-generic classes
   - added support for `init=` from types other than the one that was declared
   - added support for initializing a nilable class from a `new` non-nilable one