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 * Add PyPy 3.8 opcodes and disassembly
 * Accept Python 3.8.12
-* Fix some small lingering bugs introduced converting Pyton version number floats to tuples
+* Fix some small lingering bugs introduced converting Python version number floats to tuples
 
 6.0.0 2021-10-15
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