diff --git a/docs/examples/computeserver.scala b/docs/examples/computeserver.scala
index bd6f536df..788be284d 100644
--- a/docs/examples/computeserver.scala
+++ b/docs/examples/computeserver.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class ComputeServer(n: Int) {
 
   private val openJobs = new Channel[Job]()
 
-  private def processor(i: Int): Unit = {
+  private def processor(i: Int) {
     while (true) {
       val job = openJobs.read
       println("read a job")
@@ -32,16 +32,17 @@ class ComputeServer(n: Int) {
     () => reply.get
   }
 
-  spawn(replicate(0, n) { processor })
+  //spawn(replicate(0, n) { processor })
+  spawn((0 until n).par foreach { processor })
 }
 
-object computeserver extends Application {
+object computeserver extends App {
 
   def kill(delay: Int) = new java.util.Timer().schedule(
     new java.util.TimerTask {
       override def run() = {
         println("[killed]")
-        System.exit(0)
+        sys exit 0
       }
     },
     delay) // in milliseconds
diff --git a/docs/examples/oneplacebuffer.scala b/docs/examples/oneplacebuffer.scala
index 02b8a9cec..f7047a1c9 100644
--- a/docs/examples/oneplacebuffer.scala
+++ b/docs/examples/oneplacebuffer.scala
@@ -2,35 +2,39 @@ package examples
 
 object oneplacebuffer {
 
-  import scala.concurrent.{MailBox, ops}
+  import scala.actors.Actor._
+  import scala.concurrent.ops
 
   class OnePlaceBuffer {
-    private val m = new MailBox() {}          // An internal mailbox
-    private case class Empty()                // Types of messages we deal with
-    private case class Full(x: Int)
+    private case class Put(x: Int)
+    private case object Get
 
-    m send Empty()                            // Initialization
-
-    def write(x: Int) {
-      m receive {
-        case Empty() =>
-          println("put " + x)
-          m send Full(x)
+    private val m = actor {
+      var buf: Option[Int] = None
+      loop {
+        react {
+          case Put(x) if buf.isEmpty =>
+            println("put "+x); 
+            buf = Some(x); reply()
+          case Get if !buf.isEmpty =>
+            val x = buf.get
+            println("get "+x)
+            buf = None; reply(x)
+        }
       }
     }
+    m.start()
 
-    def read: Int = m receive {
-      case Full(x) =>
-        println("get " + x)
-        m send Empty(); x
-    }
+    def write(x: Int) { m !? Put(x) }
+
+    def read(): Int = (m !? Get).asInstanceOf[Int]
   }
 
   def kill(delay: Int) = new java.util.Timer().schedule(
     new java.util.TimerTask {
-      override def run() = {
+      override def run() {
         println("[killed]")
-        exit(0)
+        sys exit 0
       }
     },
     delay) // in milliseconds
@@ -40,19 +44,19 @@ object oneplacebuffer {
     val random = new java.util.Random()
 
     def producer(n: Int) {
-      Thread.sleep(random.nextInt(1000))
-      buf.write(n)
+      Thread.sleep(random nextInt 1000)
+      buf write n
       producer(n + 1)
     }
 
     def consumer {
-      Thread.sleep(random.nextInt(1000))
-      val n = buf.read
+      Thread.sleep(random nextInt 1000)
+      val n = buf.read()
       consumer
     }
 
-    ops.spawn(producer(0))
-    ops.spawn(consumer)
+    ops spawn producer(0)
+    ops spawn consumer
     kill(10000)
   }
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/plugintemplate/src/plugintemplate/standalone/PluginRunner.scala b/docs/examples/plugintemplate/src/plugintemplate/standalone/PluginRunner.scala
index 786d72d37..06fe669cb 100644
--- a/docs/examples/plugintemplate/src/plugintemplate/standalone/PluginRunner.scala
+++ b/docs/examples/plugintemplate/src/plugintemplate/standalone/PluginRunner.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extends Global(settings, reporter) {
     phasesSet += analyzer.typerFactory
     phasesSet += superAccessors			       // add super accessors
     phasesSet += pickler			       // serialize symbol tables
-    phasesSet += refchecks			       // perform reference and override checking, translate nested objects
+    phasesSet += refChecks			       // perform reference and override checking, translate nested objects
 
     for (phase <- TemplatePlugin.components(this)) {
       phasesSet += phase