message: Fixing links in README after migrating to .md format
diff: @@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ Intel(r) SPMD Program Compiler
  ==============================
  ``ispc`` is a compiler for a variant of the C programming language, with
  -extensions for `single program, multiple data
  -<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPMD>`_ programming. Under the SPMD model,
  +extensions for
  +[single program, multiple data](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPMD)
  +programming. Under the SPMD model,
  the programmer writes a program that generally appears to be a regular
  serial program, though the execution model is actually that a number of
  *program instances* execute in parallel on the hardware.
  @@ -45,9 +46,9 @@ There are a few key principles in the design of ``ispc``:
  copying or reformatting.
  ``ispc`` is an open source compiler with the BSD license. It uses the
  -remarkable `LLVM Compiler Infrastructure <http://llvm.org>`_ for back-end
  -code generation and optimization and is `hosted on
  -github <http://github.com/ispc/ispc/>`_. It supports Windows, Mac, and
  +remarkable [LLVM Compiler Infrastructure](http://llvm.org) for back-end
  +code generation and optimization and is [hosted on
  +github](http://github.com/ispc/ispc). It supports Windows, Mac, and
  Linux, with both x86 and x86-64 targets. It currently supports the SSE2,
  SSE4, AVX, AVX2, and AVX512 instruction sets.
  @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ Additional Resources
  --------------------
  Prebuilt ``ispc`` binaries for Windows, OS X and Linux can be downloaded
  -from the `ispc downloads page <http://ispc.github.com/downloads.html>`_.
  +from the [ispc downloads page](http://ispc.github.com/downloads.html).
  See also additional
  -`documentation <http://ispc.github.com/documentation.html>`_ and additional
  -`performance information <http://ispc.github.com/perf.html>`_.
  +[documentation](http://ispc.github.com/documentation.html) and additional
  +[performance information](http://ispc.github.com/perf.html).
  